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Okay, the first thing you need to do is acknowledge the pain you are feeling in your heart for her betrayal, and the loss of expectations. That is causing the walls and your obsession with intimacy with her. It is healthy to want intimacy with someone, it is not healthy to be obsessed over it. Our culture teaches us not to grieve. We are supposed to either "get over it," "deal with it," or "bury it." All of these are deceit based lies that have the goal of keeping us burdened by the pain for the rest of our lives. If you experience a cut, you have the choice of ignoring it, or acknowledging it. If you ignore it, it will keep trying to get your attention, through various means; bleeding, soreness, infection, fever, gangrene, etc. If you acknowledge it, you can then evaluate and decide whether you want to cleanse and bandage it, see someone who can help you cleanse and bandage it, or go to the hospital where they can cleanse, suture and bandage it. Soul wounds are similar in many ways. If we ignore them, they fester and infect every other relationship we ever attempt. If we acknowledge them, and that they hurt, we are able to let God show us where the wound originated, bring up the memory and help us grieve it thoroughly, so we are free from the pain, and able to release the coping mechanisms we have taken on to protect our selves from similar pain in the future. Christ is the Healer, and Lover, of our souls. He knows what needs to be grieved, when and how deeply. He leads us into the depths of our pain, so we can grieve the wounds, allowing our tears to irrigate them, while He cleanses them. Then He sutures them up and lets them heal. He is the surgeon who takes care of us when we are "stabbed in the back," "cut to the heart," or "sliced and diced." Take time to grieve the past, allowing the infection to be cleaned out so you become blessed by her, or any other woman. If you feel desperate, you are still unhealthy, so ask God to show you where you need to go, protect you while you are there and keep you there as long as necessary. He will not take you any deeper than necessary, nor will He keep you there longer than absolutely necessary. He also never equates you to your behavior. He differentiates you from your behavior, letting you know you are loved, even while confronting behavior that causes pain to others, or your self.
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