“Healing grace enables us to move away from being victims of others’ actions to being conquerors in Christ.”

“Healing grace enables us to move away from being victims of others’ actions to being conquerors in Christ.”

A thought by H. Norman Wright DMin. from his book, Discovering Who You Are And How God Sees You (p.64). Baker Publishing Group (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

So many people live their lives out of sync.

Norman says, “By the power of the Holy Spirit and the transforming work of God’s Word, we can get out of patterns of negative self-talk and into a mindset based on grace. We can let go of self-hatred and learn how to love and forgive ourselves and others because Christ unconditionally loves us.

“We can break free from blaming others for our issues and from the bondage of unforgiveness. It is not God’s will for us to wallow in resentment any longer.”

He goes on, “’Healing grace’ isn’t simply a magical phrase or philosophy that we subscribe to as another self-help tool.

“The premise to healing grace is that Jesus Christ has to rule in a person’s heart in order for true healing to take place. When Christ is the center of your life, grace freely flows from him to you and through Christ in you to others. He becomes for you the source of living water and the bread of life. Jesus becomes the center of your universe. When processed through him, the problems you have become smaller, easier to solve, and less of a threat to your existence and your personal worth.”

He tells this story, “In Deadly Emotions, Dr. Don Colbert tells about a man in the seventeenth century who discovered a fascinating principle. Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christian Huygens invented the pendulum clock and began manufacturing pendulum clocks to sell. One evening he was lying in bed and noticed that all of the pendulums were swinging in unison, even though he knew for sure they hadn’t started out that way. So he got out of bed and restarted them, purposefully setting them at different times to break the synchronized rhythm. In a brief period of time, they began swinging together again. Years later scientists discovered that the largest clock with the strongest rhythm pulled the other pendulums into sync with itself. The strongest biological oscillator in our body is our heart, and it acts like the largest pendulum clock. It has the ability to pull every other bodily system into its own rhythm. When your heart is at peace, as ruled by Christ, all the rest of your body experiences the influence of his presence. But if self is at the center, your life is out of sync.”

I want my life to be in sync.  Is that what you want?

Yes, yes!