“Healing is essential for all of us.  It allows us to become ourselves and to give ourselves totally to God.” (From Healing is Essential by Bob Schuchts)

Introduction Meeting
February 10th, 7pm, ZOOM
Contact Julie for meeting link. You will need the following book for this meeting:
Be Healed: A Guide to Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life
by Bob Schuchts

Weekly Sessions

Week 1: Encountering Jesus
Week 2: Encountering Jesus
Week 3: Facing Our Brokenness
Week 4: Facing Our Brokenness
Week 5: Healing Our Wounds
Week 6: Healing Our Wounds
Week 7: Holy Week Personal
               Preparation for Easter
Week 8: CONCLUSION

Contact Julie Gallegos
719-243-8768
richabundantlife2@gmail.com
(add this address to your email contacts or check spam box if not receiving responses)
“Behind every disordered desire is a good and holy desire, an unmet need, an unhealed wound, and a hidden pattern of sin.”
Bob Schuchts

“Healing is essential for all of us.  It allows us to become ourselves and to give ourselves totally to God.” (From Healing is Essential by Bob Schuchts)

Over ten years ago I read St. Catherine of Siena’s quote; “Be who God created you to be and you will set the world on fire.”  That quote set me on the path to become another Christ in the world so as to bring hope and healing into our hurting world.  Little did I know that old wounds, lies, inner vows, and the deceit of the evil one would make my own journey to healing quite difficult.  Traveling this journey alone, with pride as my navigator, I only aided the enemy of my soul in keeping me bound to the lies and weighed down by fear, anxiety, anger, resentment and unforgiveness; all manifestations of buried, untreated wounds, and all catalysts to sin.  Worse yet was my longing to give myself totally to Jesus and the work of His Father, but fear kept me bound to the world, the flesh and the devil.  A few years back, I began to question why I was still letting fear rule my life rather than truly trusting Jesus, and why was I still falling into the same sin over and over, despite faithfully participating in the Sacraments.  I was studying scripture, seeking spiritual direction, had a strong prayer life, and doing all the “right” things, but I felt stuck spiritually and emotionally!  Yet, Jesus came to “proclaim liberty to captives…, to let the oppressed go free…” (Luke 4:18).  I felt anything but free.  My joy became sadness and my heart became quite restless, but in the darkness I found Jesus was/is in the process of going deeper into my wounded heart, unearthing the things that have been keeping me captive and oppressed.  It’s painful but necessary, because until a wound is exposed, cleaned out and medicated it can’t heal.  Rather, it just festers and grows infected, eventually killing that which surrounds it.  Our wounds, left untreated, can eventually kill our own human spirit and the human spirit of those around us.  This is not the life we were created for and certainly not the life I desire!

 Journey with me as we explore how to go from just addressing symptoms to reaching underlying root issues that keep us from living in the freedom of being children of God.  We will see how sin hides deeper insecurities in our lives.  We will also look at the anatomy of a wound, the beliefs we associate with those wounds, and how we make inner vows based upon these beliefs.  Lastly, we will look at healing our wounds, concluding with living in freedom.  Lao Tzu wrote; “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”  The journey to healing is much longer, but still begins with one step, and another step, and another step…