Comments on: A Helping Hand http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/206/a-helping-hand/ Life through the eyes of a Christian psychologist. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:15:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Kim http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/206/a-helping-hand/#comment-325 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:56:38 +0000 http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/206/a-helping-hand/#comment-325 Hi Lyn, Thank you for your comment. I think the only reason I am able to give anything at all is because, when I am alone, God replenishes me. He is the only source of nourishment I have and it is usually enough but this does not address the human side of things. It is people I cannot take from and it is human companions I lack. I am never truly alone because God is with me at all times but I am always alone on a physical level because I will not, cannot, let other people in. Thank you for the tip about the book. I will try to get hold of it and read it. It sounds like just what I need Cheers - Kim Hi Lyn,
Thank you for your comment. I think the only reason I am able to give anything at all is because, when I am alone, God replenishes me. He is the only source of nourishment I have and it is usually enough but this does not address the human side of things.

It is people I cannot take from and it is human companions I lack.

I am never truly alone because God is with me at all times but I am always alone on a physical level because I will not, cannot, let other people in.

Thank you for the tip about the book. I will try to get hold of it and read it. It sounds like just what I need

Cheers - Kim

]]> by: lyn http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/206/a-helping-hand/#comment-324 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:30:58 +0000 http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/206/a-helping-hand/#comment-324 Hello Kim It's me again, Lyn. I could SO relate to what you have written above, particularly recently as I have had time with all of my sons (it is as a parent I get that depleted empty feeling) as fortunately my work is not demanding in that way, even though I am dealing with people. The last thing I want to do is to sound preachy, however this is truly where I have found real healing and nourishment, and small miracles! Through the support of 2 women in the church I attend who are involved in prayer ministry. A little while ago, one of them lent me the book "Hiding from Love : How to Change the Withdrawal Patterns that Isolate and Imprison You" by John Townsend. It is on the website of Amazon.co.uk, and even though I've studied psychology units and read heaps of pop psychology books in the past, I found this one really easy to relate to in my life. It incorporates a Christian perspective into the psychological theories and concepts which the author is conveying. I would never have considered such a book in the past, or that prayer ministry could work, but Kim I have seen God's might and experienced such love and tenderness. I realised yesterday how I've lost the ability to make REAL connections and friends, yet when I rang one of the women in a state of emotional fog with an issues with my son, what my "self" had been telling me was affirmed and I was able to go forward and reclaim myself with him. I thought when we reached an impasse that our relationship would never work, when 5 minutes later my son came out of his room and apologized to me! It was clear that he could see where I was coming from and indeed loves and appreciates ME. I know this area is not a problem in your life, but the being drained feeling is what I am talking about. And in my life, it is only God through Christ and his true followers that I have finally found healing. A scripture the vicar in England who showed me that Christ loved me and forgives me, shared this scripture at a particularly low time. I remind myself of it at times and now share it with you : Isaiah 49:14-16. God loves you. Remember that and live in the light of it. You are precious to him and he will keep you. Take care, Lyn Hello Kim

It’s me again, Lyn. I could SO relate to what you have written above, particularly recently as I have had time with all of my sons (it is as a parent I get that depleted empty feeling) as fortunately my work is not demanding in that way, even though I am dealing with people. The last thing I want to do is to sound preachy, however this is truly where I have found real healing and nourishment, and small miracles! Through the support of 2 women in the church I attend who are involved in prayer ministry. A little while ago, one of them lent me the book “Hiding from Love : How to Change the Withdrawal Patterns that Isolate and Imprison You” by John Townsend. It is on the website of Amazon.co.uk, and even though I’ve studied psychology units and read heaps of pop psychology books in the past, I found this one really easy to relate to in my life. It incorporates a Christian perspective into the psychological theories and concepts which the author is conveying. I would never have considered such a book in the past, or that prayer ministry could work, but Kim I have seen God’s might and experienced such love and tenderness. I realised yesterday how I’ve lost the ability to make REAL connections and friends, yet when I rang one of the women in a state of emotional fog with an issues with my son, what my “self” had been telling me was affirmed and I was able to go forward and reclaim myself with him. I thought when we reached an impasse that our relationship would never work, when 5 minutes later my son came out of his room and apologized to me! It was clear that he could see where I was coming from and indeed loves and appreciates ME. I know this area is not a problem in your life, but the being drained feeling is what I am talking about. And in my life, it is only God through Christ and his true followers that I have finally found healing. A scripture the vicar in England who showed me that Christ loved me and forgives me, shared this scripture at a particularly low time. I remind myself of it at times and now share it with you : Isaiah 49:14-16. God loves you. Remember that and live in the light of it. You are precious to him and he will keep you.
Take care, Lyn

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