I can't forget about school

Caden202

Servant of All
2 years out, I can't forget about school. I was bullied everyday, and now even after following Jesus, I still think of it everyday. I can't even go outside unless if I am with my parents. I was also a bully, and I want to apologise to the people I have bullied. I have also been hyperfixating on it for 3-4 hours. I also have undiagnosed aspergers, I don't want to make an excuse about it, but I am sensitive. I can't even handle someone making fun of me without thinking about it all day. That doesn't help at all. But, on the good side my anxiety has gotten a lot better. I have also forgave everybody from my school (I think)
 
We hear your heart and we hurt with you over what you endured in school, and we rejoice with you that you are now following Jesus and that your anxiety has gotten better. That is the grace of God at work, and we thank Him for it with you.

The pain of being bullied every day leaves deep wounds, and it is understandable that even two years later the memories come every day and that you can get stuck thinking about it for hours. We want you to know that God sees all of it and He is close to you in it. Psalm 34:18 says Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Psalm 147:3 says He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. Following Jesus does not mean we instantly forget the past, but it does mean we have a new identity and a new way to bring those painful thoughts to Him. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

We also hear your honesty about having been a bully yourself and wanting to apologize. That conviction is from the Holy Spirit and it is good and right. Ephesians 4:32 calls us to be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. And Matthew 5:23-24 teaches us if we remember a brother has something against us, to go and be reconciled. We encourage you to pray carefully about how to make those apologies, perhaps first with your parents and a pastor for wisdom and guidance, so that it is done in a way that brings healing and honors God without reopening wounds in an unwise way. If you cannot contact some of those people directly, you can still confess it fully to God, and 1 John 1:9 promises if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

You mentioned you have forgiven everybody from your school, you think, and we want to encourage you to keep walking in that forgiveness. Forgiveness does not mean what happened was okay, and it does not mean you have to forget, but it does mean releasing them into God's hands as He released us. Colossians 3:13 reminds us to bear with one another and forgive each other, even as Christ forgave you. Sometimes forgiveness is a daily choice when the memories return, and God will give you grace each time.

We also understand what you shared about being sensitive and hyperfixating for hours and not being able to go outside unless you are with your parents, and struggling when someone makes fun of you. God made you wonderfully and He knows your frame. Psalm 139:14 says we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Your sensitivity is not a flaw to be ashamed of, and we appreciate your humility in not wanting to use it as an excuse. At the same time God wants to help you take every thought captive. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says we bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Romans 12:2 says to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. And Philippians 4:8 encourages us to think on whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report. When the memories and the hurtful words loop for hours, we can gently practice turning to Jesus in that moment, praying, speaking Scripture out loud, and asking Him to replace that loop with His truth.

For the fear and anxiety that keeps you inside, we pray for God's perfect peace to guard you. Philippians 4:6-7 says in nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. 1 Peter 5:7 says cast all your worries on him, because he cares for you. Isaiah 41:10 says Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. And 2 Timothy 1:7 says God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

We want to encourage you with some practical steps as you walk this out with Jesus. Keep bringing those painful school memories to Him in prayer the moment they come, even if it is many times a day. Memorize a few verses to speak when the thoughts start to spiral. Talk openly with your parents and a trusted pastor or godly counselor, and do not be afraid to seek wise Christian counseling to help with the trauma and the hyperfixation, God often uses other believers to bring healing. And take small steps of courage outside with prayer, trusting that God goes with you.

We pray together for you now.

Father, we lift up this dear one to You in the name of Jesus Christ, our only hope and our access to Your throne. We thank You that they are Yours, that they are following Jesus, and that You have already brought improvement in their anxiety. We ask for Your continued healing on every wound left by bullying, every harsh word and every painful memory from school. Heal the broken heart and bind up the wounds, Lord. Teach them how to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and to renew their mind in Your Word. When the thoughts come and try to stay for hours, fill their mind with Your peace that surpasses understanding and guard their heart and thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Give them courage to step outside without fear, knowing You are with them and will strengthen and uphold them. Give them wisdom and opportunity to apologize to those they have hurt, with humility and grace, and let Your forgiveness wash them clean. Help them to walk fully in forgiveness toward those who bullied them, releasing bitterness and finding freedom. Remind them daily that they are fearfully and wonderfully made, a new creation in Christ, loved, seen, and never alone. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus, amen.

We are standing with you and we encourage you to keep seeking Jesus daily in His Word and in prayer, He is faithful to complete the healing He has begun in you.
 
Thank you for being so honest about what you are carrying. Two years out and still thinking of school every day, needing your parents to go outside, replaying things for hours, that is exhausting and we hear how much you want to be free of it.

We are encouraged to hear your anxiety has gotten better and that you have chosen to forgive those who hurt you. In our experience that choice to forgive is often a decision we make before our feelings fully catch up. It is normal for painful emotions like resentment or fear to still surface and need time to quiet, even after we have decided to let go. The fact that memories still intrude does not mean your faith is failing or your forgiveness was not real.

Wanting to apologize to those you hurt shows real growth. Before reaching out, we find it helps to walk through that with a trusted pastor or counselor who knows you and the situation, so apologies can be healing for everyone and not reopen old wounds.

Since the thoughts take up hours and make daily life hard, we would gently encourage you to talk with a counselor or your doctor alongside prayer. You do not have to carry this alone, and having someone to help you process the memories could make going outside feel safer over time.

Father, we lift this friend to You in Jesus name. You see the hurt from being bullied and the burden of having hurt others. Bring peace to racing thoughts, heal what still aches, and guide each step toward freedom and wisdom. Show Your steady presence each day. Amen.
 
Your letter has lain upon my heart, and I thank you for its honest plainness before God. To be wounded every day and then to carry the wounds with you two years after, to think upon them each morning and to turn them over for hours together, is a sore affliction. And to confess that you also wounded others and now desire to make amends, this is a tender mark of the Spirit's work within you.

Hear first the best of news, which is the ground of all other comfort. There is forgiveness with God. It is not a forgiveness wrung from Him by your tears, nor measured by the lightness or heaviness of your sins, but a divine forgiveness, I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake. It is a surprising forgiveness, so full and free that it seems too good to be true, and yet it is true. It is a complete forgiveness, as when a debt is crossed out of the book so that nothing remains to be paid. And it is to be taken to yourself. As that brother said to Luther in his dark distress, believe in the forgiveness of sins for yourself. If you tremble and shake for fear and with a penitent heart desire forgiveness, that forgiveness is yours now through the blood of Jesus Christ, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. He not only forgave at the first, but He continues daily to forgive, and what He forgives He forgives eternally, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

With that forgiveness comes healing. The Scripture joins them most sweetly, the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick, for the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. First forgiveness, then healing. The leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ has healing virtue in it. You speak of thoughts that will not leave you, of a sensitiveness that makes a light word feel like a lash, of fear that keeps you within doors unless your parents are near. Christ knows this sickness of soul and He is able to change the lifeblood and make the nature other than it was before. Bring those fixed thoughts to Him as often as they rise. Say, Lord, here again is this memory, I give it to Thee. Do not strive to forget by your own strength, but look to Him who heals the broken in heart, and in time, as you dwell under His healing leaves, the wound shall smart less and the mind shall find rest.

You say you have forgiven everybody from your school, and you add, I think, as an honest soul would. Hold fast to that forgiving spirit, for we are called to a joint work of mutual forgiveness, forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Where the Son removes guilt, the Spirit removes guile, so that the forgiven man becomes an honest and lowly confessor of his own fault. You desire to apologise to those you have bullied. That desire is comely and right. Go humbly, and if you can find them, confess plainly without excuse and ask their pardon, not demanding that they receive you warmly, but leaving the fruit with God. If you cannot find them, or if to seek them would cause more harm, confess the wrong fully to the Lord, who has already blotted it out, and show the truth of your repentance by gentleness to all whom you meet now. Take counsel in this with your parents and with a faithful pastor, that you may do it wisely and quietly.

Do not despise the sensitiveness you mention, and do not use it to excuse sin, as you so rightly say you do not wish to do. The Lord is tender toward the bruised reed. Your anxiety has gotten better, and for this we bless His name who has begun a good work. Expect that He will carry it on. He brings down the heart with labour, and then He lifts it up. He will teach you by degrees to bear even a taunt without its following you all the day, not by hardening your heart, but by softening it with the sense of His perfect approval in Christ.

Walk then in these ways. Keep close to the Word, where you will find the certainty of forgiveness written again and again. Pray short, frequent prayers when the old school scenes crowd in. Keep fellowship with God's people as you are able, first with your parents at your side, and by little and little as strength is given, a step further. Labour to do good to someone each day, that your mind may be turned outward in love.

May the Lord Himself speak to your soul that blessed sentence, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee, and may you hear it until despair flies away. And may He spread His healing leaves over your memory and your fears, till you can say with a quiet heart, There is forgiveness with Him, therefore shall He be feared and loved.
 
May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

🙏Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
 

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