Written by Tina and Sean Kramer
While doing tricks on my skateboard, I (Sean) start to lose my balance and put my hand down on the ground to balance myself. Pieces of rocks and glass pierce my flesh, causing a throbbing pain under the skin. Practicing proper first-aid, I rinse the wound and begin the tedious process of removing the tiny intruders. The surgery seems successful, and within two days, I fly off to Alaska to work for the summer in the salmon industry. But something is not right. The wound is not healing properly. After a month, the wound is still leaking fluid and pains me at work. Because of the pain, I have made accommodations in how I use my hand. I have a hunch that something is still in the wound. Drumming up the courage, I plunge my knife into the wound, and as I do, I hear the sound of metal hitting glass. With gritty satisfaction, I pry the nasty chunk of glass out of my hand, and soon the wound begins to heal as it should.
Tina’s Turn
Sean’s story is a perfect picture of my experience in trauma therapy. After years of therapy, I sensed that something was still not healing. Up till now, I have been doing 98% of therapy without my husband. Phase 2 is Sean walking with me through the therapy process. There is a powerful spiritual component when a husband prays for his wife to heal and listens to her story with empathy. As Sean and I do trauma therapy together, two things are happening: my personal journey towards wholeness is becoming a reality, and God is bringing Sean and me closer together as a couple.
Are you hurting today? Do you long for greater intimacy with your spouse? If so, let me introduce you to someone who can help. Paul Miller is a born-again Christian who is passionate about helping marriages and families find healing. His biblical grounding, solid therapy skills, and gift of empathy help his clients find their way through difficult circumstances.
Paul Miller MaMFT
Spirit Focused Marriage and Family Therapy
https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/777825
Why do I write these blogs?
I have seen many families and marriages destroyed. I have experienced the destructive impact of divorce and trauma in my own life, and desire for my story to help others find healing from their past so that they may thrive in their present relationships.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
Prayer for You, the Reader
Father God,
There are those reading this blog who are hurting badly. They have been wounded deeply by someone they trusted, someone they cared for. . . . and their wounds are still bleeding. They long to be made whole, but are uncertain how to find the healing they so desperately need. I pray for this person to turn to You. For only in You, the Great Counselor, can we find true comfort.
Bind the wounds of the broken hearted, set the captives free.
May the power of Your presence blow mightily upon all who are weary and heavy laden by their past. Lift the face of the downcast. May their eyes be steadfast on Your unending love for them.
In the name of our Redeemer and King, Jesus Christ
Amen
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