Truth is... we only have 1 childhood, but we forever have a child inside of us. I believe that precious child inside of each of us has everything to do with who we are as adults. Some of us would like to forget our childhood. Perhaps the memories are even blocked from our hearts. They may be too painful to recollect or just too exhausting to recall. This is just my opinion, but I believe that it's how we respond to that inner child that often determines how we heal.
Our memories will come & go. Sometimes we will be haunted by them. They may trigger the same hurt we originally felt. We might even experience the same physical reaction we first noticed. Some of our memories are so precious, we'd like to go back & live in that spot a while longer. We might even pine away for the "good ole days" & hinder ourselves from living in the present or moving forward. Perhaps we grieve our losses so much that we no longer feel whole.
I think it's important to consider our inner child. If we haven't acknowledged an incident that had a profound effect on us, we might be missing a link as to why we are the person we are today. Maybe we had something traumatic happen to us when we were young. Perhaps our lives were less than ideal, & now we are left with broken pieces. How do we glue ourselves back together? How do we function as adults when we are still hurting like we did when we were young?
God is in the business of recycling. When we humble ourselves & lay our broken pieces at the feet of Jesus, our healing begins. If we let Him, He will take our brokenness & use it to help another soul. In some strange way, there is healing in that because we begin to feel as though our suffering wasn't in vain. That's simply one of the miracles of our Creator. As the trash in our lives is burned, as we watch it disintegrate, it becomes a breath of hope for another hurting heart.
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