Your Trauma
Stop Managing Your Pain. Start Healing It.
Too many people walk around pretending they’re fine while silently drowning in trauma, shame, and pain. We say we’re “blessed” while suffocating. We were told to move on, toughen up, or pretend it didn’t happen. That’s not faith. That’s denial.
Is the trauma of your past still driving your decisions today? Are you still proving something to people who hurt you decades ago?
You can’t follow Jesus and stay numb. Healing is holy work. It’s time to stop excusing your pain and start confronting it.
Time Doesn’t Heal – Truth Does
Time buries wounds. Time lets wounds fester until they start infecting every part of your life—your relationships, your leadership, your parenting, your calling.
You may have built an entire life around trying to prove your worth to people who once made you feel small. That may have gotten you success, did it get you peace?
“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” – Jeremiah 17:9
God doesn’t meet you in the image you project—He meets you in reality. That means you need to show up with your truth, your hurt, your anger, your exhaustion.
Deal With It – or It Will Deal With You.
Unresolved trauma will define your life. Either you deal with it, or it will deal with you—at work, at home, and in the places that matter most.
Are you still working overtime to prove you’re not weak? Still chasing approval and validation from people who stopped thinking about you years ago?
“You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?” – Galatians 5:7
Who wounded you so deeply that it altered your course? Let that thought land for a moment. And then let it motivate.
Stop Playing It Safe With Your Soul
We live in a world surrounded by people faking peace. There’s no shortage of surface-level small groups and padded sermons. When was the last time someone challenged you to do the real work? When was the last time someone looked you in the eye and asked, “What are you still running from?”
That’s what real healing communities do. They don’t let you hide. They invite you to bring your truth—all of it—and then walk with you through it.
“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” – James 5:16
Healing is not a solo act. You need people. You need challenge. You need accountability. And if you don’t have that, it’s time to ask why.
You Want Peace? Go Through the Pain.
If you’re just waiting for peace to show up, keep waiting. But if you’re ready to fight for it—to get into the arena and dig into the places that still hurt until they are fully exposed and you can see them clearly—then healing is possible.
It’s your time to be seen. It’s your turn to be heard. You aren’t alone.
But you can’t numb your way into freedom. You have to feel your way through it.
Time to Move
Don’t wait another year blaming your schedule, your boss, or your spouse for your lack of growth. If you’re ready to break the cycle and finally face the parts of your story you’ve been avoiding:
- Register for a Crucible Men’s or Women’s Retreat
- View available coaches now and sign up for a free intro coaching session
- Be intentional to take other steps that are appropriate for you
No more pretending. No more proving. Just the work that sets you free.
Want to hear a personal story of overcoming trauma?
Check out this podcast interview with Dr. Joe Azzapardi, an expert in intergenerational dynamics who experienced childhood trauma and discovered the importance of community and empathy.
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