For nearly twenty years I had suffered from Chronic Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, depression, anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The ten muscles at the core of my body were clenched in fear causing pain that was constant and debilitating. But the worst part of this pain was that in the preceding three years it had daily triggered flashbacks and nightmares of the trauma that had caused it. My body, my mind, and my soul were stuck in my painful past. This is a particular evil of sexual trauma – I was buried and barely breathing in the inescapable grave of my own body.And then, on the evening of Saint Valentine’s Day, Jesus opened my grave, touched my dry bones, spoke words of love, and raised my mind, body, and soul to new life.
In this video, the first video I ever recorded for Hope’s Garden, I share the story of my encounter with the healing love of Christ the Bridegroom on Valentine’s Day 2019. This was an experience of true and pure spousal love that healed the wounds of distorted spousal love. Now I know what real love is… all because of Jesus.
