Thanks for following along with my story. I really felt led to share my thoughts and my path with the world. Even if that world is only me.
I am appreciative of the friend and client that put the bug in my brain to start writing. Writing is a medium I struggle with because many times I feel the words are not indicative of my true self or they don't sound right when I read through them. Probably the reason I have not read through the entirety of my writing of this series until after it has been published, if even then.
Time to tie this all up and address the first word in the title of this series of posts. Christianity.
I grew up attending church pretty regularly. Most of my church experience is in the Catholic and Lutheran religion. Pretty strict, regimented forms, but I like the tradition of it all. Due to the inconvenience of driving 30 minutes to attend the Lutheran church I prefer in this area, I started attending some local non-denominational churches. Many times when I am there, the music and sermon speak directly to my soul on issues I'm struggling with.
God, religion, and church have been my refuge when I'm struggling with life. Sadly, when I'm a mess is when my attendance is best.
Funny how that works. I know God loves me, even when I'm messy. One of these days I will realize that if I put God first, not Erin, the messy life won't be so messy.
But I digress.
ALL of the parts of my story have fit together because of God. (I was going to put fate, whatever supreme being you place your belief in, but I realized this is my story. So I'm going to use the words that fit best for me.)
I believe God has blessed me with the talents I have, has led me to take the trainings I have participated in, and placed me in the locations I have been at because He KNEW I would need them to do His work and help heal others.
I believe in the work that I do because I have seen how it has helped me. How it has helped my clients. How it has formed relationships with others. Yes, at times I have questioned if this fits into my religious life and I remember how the pieces fell together effortlessly on me going to some of these trainings. I remember clients who came into my space in a state of brokenness and how the work helped them gain footing and start putting their pieces back together.
I have seen the benefit that crystal healing has done. A client came in with gallbladder issues (and others). They didn't come in for crystal work, just a normal massage. When I heard about the gallbladder issue, I asked if I could place a crystal there while I did the rest of the massage. Months later, this client still tells me how they haven't had issues since.
I have seen and felt the emotional release that came with energy work. Tears have flowed freely on my table as a client released old emotions and finally started feeling more at peace with their self.
I couldn't have done ANY of this if it was not God's will for it to happen. I'm not normally a 'bible thumper' per se, but I have felt God's guidance and presence in different sessions. I have found solutions to client issues when I was focused on other things. I have stumbled across trainings that I had never thought about taking.
And often, especially after sessions where big things have occurred, I find myself seeing how everything fit together.
I remind my daughter all the time that some of the people God used for greatness were some of the biggest sinners. The Lord knows I'm not perfect, that I am messy (inside and out), and still LOVES me. God is ALWAYS there even when I'm not sitting in church every week.
God made heaven and earth. God made crystals. God made energy. God made me. Through Him, all things are possible.
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