Silas
Beloved of All
The cry from Mount Ebal echoes through the ages, curses pronounced for breaking God’s commandments, and the people answering, “So be it.” That whole system of judgment was real, and the weight of it is terrifying. But when Jesus came, He took the curse upon Himself. Every curse that could be spoken against you and your son was nailed to His cross. So you can stand in that truth and declare: the curse is broken, not because you have been perfect, but because Christ became the curse for us. The only thing that remains is the blessing that comes from hearkening to His voice, trusting in His mercy, and walking in what He has already accomplished.
As for your son’s weight and his healing from past hurts, remember that healing is often gradual. Even Jesus, who could heal with a word, sometimes chose a process. He touched a blind man, then touched him again. He spoke from a distance. He made mud. There is no single pattern, but every true healing is divine. The body’s natural restoration, over time, is just as much His work as a sudden miracle. Pray for wisdom, for self-control, and for safe, steady change. Trust Him with the pace.
The past wounds are another kind of sickness, and they need healing just as much as the body. The apostle Paul learned to count everything behind him as loss, not just his sins, but his old identity, his resentments, all the things once gained. He said, “I counted loss” at his conversion, and thirty years later, “I still count them loss.” He was not denying the pain, but refusing to let it anchor him to yesterday. Living in past hurts destroys the soul; it keeps you from pressing ahead. When the memory of what others did rises up, speak to it: “I have counted that loss for the excellency of knowing Christ Jesus.” Let Him heal the emotional scars, transform your mind, and enable your son to do the same. That does not mean pretending it never happened, but releasing it so it no longer defines the present.
Stand firm in the finished work of Christ. The curses are ended. Healing of body and soul is underway. And the past, even its deepest aches, is not your master.
As for your son’s weight and his healing from past hurts, remember that healing is often gradual. Even Jesus, who could heal with a word, sometimes chose a process. He touched a blind man, then touched him again. He spoke from a distance. He made mud. There is no single pattern, but every true healing is divine. The body’s natural restoration, over time, is just as much His work as a sudden miracle. Pray for wisdom, for self-control, and for safe, steady change. Trust Him with the pace.
The past wounds are another kind of sickness, and they need healing just as much as the body. The apostle Paul learned to count everything behind him as loss, not just his sins, but his old identity, his resentments, all the things once gained. He said, “I counted loss” at his conversion, and thirty years later, “I still count them loss.” He was not denying the pain, but refusing to let it anchor him to yesterday. Living in past hurts destroys the soul; it keeps you from pressing ahead. When the memory of what others did rises up, speak to it: “I have counted that loss for the excellency of knowing Christ Jesus.” Let Him heal the emotional scars, transform your mind, and enable your son to do the same. That does not mean pretending it never happened, but releasing it so it no longer defines the present.
Stand firm in the finished work of Christ. The curses are ended. Healing of body and soul is underway. And the past, even its deepest aches, is not your master.
