A counseling client I have been seeing for several months now hit on a topic yesterday which was a huge trigger for himself. The topic was a man with a high level of sensitivity. This young man has been criticized most, if not all, of his life for this and today has (what Celebrate Recovery calls character defects) from it. As we hit on the topic I asked him to reconsider this thinking about his sensitivity being a curse. The question I asked was, “What if you saw your own sensitivity as the sensitivity God gave you when He created you? What if you saw this sensitivity as God’s sensitivity towards you and all He has created?” We were able to hit upon this topic for a short while before the session ended, but agreed we needed to continue this next week.

I am giving my own testimony tomorrow night to our Celebrate Recovery group. As I finished the session yesterday, I was reflecting on just how many character defects I’ve dealt with in my own recovery. Many of my own have had to do with my own level of sensitivity which I’ve needed to hide. This young man has never seen himself as a blessing to God just as I had never seen myself for such a long period of my life. I still today struggle accepting a compliment from someone for any good I might have done for them. I am much better than I use to be, but the lingering effects of my own past wants to rear its ugly head. 

I’m always amazed at the way God works. To get to be part of this work is a huge healing ointment for me. Using my past to allow others to see how God will work for them is a gift each day.