Ah, the hope of a devotion! I think this is the beginning of a book for me, but let’s start here! These devotions are also useful for guided-journaling. My journey of maintaining my faith in the carnage of assembling the pieces left shattered by alcoholism, dysfunction and narcissism took the form of questions. I’m sure you have questions too. have found God in the questioning.
- How do I approach God as a child, if our childhood was stolen by the disease of alcoholism?
- How do we pray for our needs, when we don’t feel we have the right to have any?
- How do we ask for help, if we are wired to be hyper-independent?
- How do we trust God, ourselves, and others – when trust has been linked with pain?
- How do we heal, when we don’t see another way of life?
- How do we relax and have fun, when our physical body has developed in high-stress, cortisol-baked environments?
- How can I trust God, if He allowed my painful childhood happen to me?
- How do I dream, if I am stuck in survival mode?
Devotions can be a gentle way for you to reflect and consider new ways of thinking. It can be a place of experiencing grief. We didn’t have a childhood. It has always been hard. This is a different type of hard. Feeling is worth it. It is really worth it.
The Christian Adult Child
The Christian Adult Child 