tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30534753.post1608679700230999215..comments2023-04-16T06:07:26.309-07:00Comments on REFLECTIONS: The Relationship Between Healing & TimeScott Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090809236682750662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30534753.post-29924682237197471222007-04-20T14:18:00.000-07:002007-04-20T14:18:00.000-07:00Mike:Thanks for sharing your story. I've been priv...Mike:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your story. I've been privileged to watch God work healing in you.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>ScottScott Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090809236682750662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30534753.post-69942537833384856902007-04-20T13:33:00.000-07:002007-04-20T13:33:00.000-07:00I agree wholeheartedly with your post. On Septembe...I agree wholeheartedly with your post. On September 11, 2001 my whole world changed. I had been a volunteer firefighter in New York City for ten years and although I left the service years before 9/11 I was suddenly faced with the loss of 343 fellow firefighters. The grief was literally overwhelming and crippling. Every time I thought about 9/11 my pulse quickened, my heart pounded and the tears just flowed. Sure you might expect that to happen right after the incident but 5 years later? No, time does not heal wounds.<BR/><BR/>God in his infinite mercy and compassion helped me through it. I had to face the grief; admit it; experience it and engage it. Once I was able to do that, God granted me a peace that surpasses understanding. I have not forgotten. I have not stopped caring and I certainly have not stopped feeling. I do however have a calmness and a sense of peace about it. <BR/><BR/>God used my community of believers to sit beside me and to walk with me and to hold me. I needed to share my pain and grief with them in order for healing to take place. Each time this happened I felt a deeper and deeper sense of hope.<BR/><BR/>My encouragement to those impacted by the events at Virginia Tech are simple. Find a community of believers; let them help you to engage in your emotions and let God do his healing and redeeming work in you and through that community.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post Scott!<BR/><BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com