Exposing The Wound

EncounterPodcast

Drew Dickens

Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

James 5:16

This meditation is a contemplation on finding the courage to be vulnerable with someone in prayer.

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What vulnerabilities is God asking you to reveal in prayer?

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to Encounter, a simple daily podcast to help you find the sacred in
0:12.6	the ordinary.
0:14.6	We have 100 meditation episodes on this podcast, but if you want to listen for free to the
0:21.3	entire library of 500, I encourage you to download the Encountering Peace mobile app where
0:28.9	all the meditations are free, as they should be.
0:36.2	Do you have a secret that is finding safe harbor in a hidden recess of your mind?
0:41.8	Well, the weight of hidden secrets can be crushing.
0:47.0	The only relief is to stop hiding from God, yourself, and at least one other person.
0:55.4	Being vulnerable enough to share with another person is risky and frightening.
1:01.6	In fact, the Latin root for the word vulnerable is volness, which means wound.
1:10.2	Emotional and spiritual healing begins with being vulnerable enough to reveal your interior
1:16.9	wound.
1:18.6	This is never easy and always frightening.
1:23.9	And who can you trust with your deepest wound?
1:28.1	Is there anyone with who you can be your true self?
1:31.6	Well, this meditation from James 5 is a contemplation on finding the courage to be vulnerable
1:39.5	with someone in prayer, profound prayer that suits deep wounds.
1:47.2	So to begin, whether resting in the warm, morning lights or the dark shadows of evening,
1:53.8	be healed to the next 15 minutes as a divine retreat, a sanctuary, if you will, a place
2:00.7	to discover healing, a holy place to be healed together.
2:08.8	Allow your eyes to move now from open to a soft gaze to now shut and permit your mind
2:17.8	to begin centering on healing.
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