Healing and Restoration

There has been a lot of talk about healing and restoration in this age of Christianity that we live. I know some people that probably don't believe completely in healing and restoration, but let me share with you what's been going on with me and my life since I've came back to Christ along with coming home from Iraq after being wounded.

With war comes a lot of unseen wounds and some physical wounds as well. You see a lot when you're in a combat zone, death, life, and everything in between. When I returned home from Iraq there was and still is a lot of stuff that needs to be decompressed and let out. In the first coming months there wasn't really anything showing up in my life, but a few more months down the road the depression came out and it was bad. For about six months I did nothing, but eat, sleep, talk with my family, and play video games. Then about six months after being home I realized that I needed help and help bad because the path I was heading down wasn't good. In May of 2008 I put a call into my leadership and told him that things needed to change and change quick. That drill I started talking to a counselor which continued for about a year and a half. That fall I started back in school which brought in new friends, new contacts, and just another step forward in life. At this point I started going to church again and started down on that path again something that needed to happen to get my life back on track.

In 2009 my life really started to change in so many different way. One friend who really was my best friend for a good part of time started sharing with me the things I needed to change in me. That Christmas he asked me to the church I'm currently attending. That sermon I laughed more so then I had in a very long time. You might ask what would cause me to laugh and I'll share with you what it was. Youtube the movie "It's a wonderful Life" because this movie shows a lot of different parts, but the part that made me laugh was the seen when Mr. Bailey finds the money to save his bank, his home, and everything that he loves.

For me I knew in an instant that this is where I needed to be. Through the time that I've been at Anchor Point I've watched, listened, learned, and participated in many activities. I watched as God began his work in my life shaping me, molding me, and reforging me into the man He created me to be. There has been healing in many areas of my life where there had been nothing, but darkness for a long time, then there was light in my life again. The restoration has been very cool to watch because I can see it in the way I think, solve problems, communicate, and how I handle life. My life began to change slowly and steadily, bit by bit and piece by piece God began to put my life back together.  Some people look at me kind of strange and others are "WOW!!!! Really ?!?!" when I tell the story of how things have began to change and how they are so very different now then what life was like for me when I first came versus what it is now.

God has done a marvelous work in my life and He continues to change me into what He wants me to be and I'm okay with that. It's not always easy, but then again when is life easy honestly. Life continues to get harder as we get older. I mean 18 it's college and by that time we have a car most of the time, then we need to figure out what to do with our lives, 21 we are able to drink which brings up a lot of risky situations, thinking about moving out, finding a job, finding a spouse. The more we grow older the more life gets harder which is the way it is honestly. It's a reality that sometimes I don't wanna acknowledge to be truthful, but it is. I hope you have enjoyed reading this as much as I have had typing this.

© Nathan Fahlin