Caught Up in the Moment

As I read the posts of the women in one of my private Facebook groups, I found myself wanting to reach out to each of them to tell them that their lives aren't over. Each women had a story of sexual abuse: rape, incest, molestation. And so many of them are still hurting two, five, twenty, fifty years later.

As I prayed for these women and the right words to say, God answered and said, "Tell them, don't get caught up in the moment."

Reading my sisters' stories hurt me but the major difference is that I'm no longer caught up in that moment. At some point in my journey, I realized that one moment or even a series of moments should not and do not have the power to frame every other moment in my life.


There are moments in our lives that we wish we could forget. Moments we wish never happened. Moments that we replay over and over again. The problem is that we become comfortable with those thoughts -- we begin to think about them on purpose, and that's where we leave the present -- the moment that is happening right now.

You are not what someone did to you. You are not in THAT moment any longer. YOU ARE HERE. YOU ARE HERE. YOU ARE HERE.

The experience didn't kill you. The person who tried to break you lost! You are more POWERFUL than you realize. You can decide how you want to live each day.


The next time you think about the abuse, the pain, the sadness, I challenge you to replace those thoughts with other moments that bring you joy. Focus on loving yourself. Focus on living for this day, this hour, this minute, this second.

Try getting caught up in THIS moment. The moment when you realize that you're still here. You're still standing. You still have a chance to live your best life.

I pray that you choose to get caught up in a moment of love.

Dear God,
I pray that Your hand touches the person reading this to comfort them in this moment. Bind the spirits of depression, sadness, sickness, defeat, and hate.

Please release peace, love, health, and resilience in their lives. Bless them with strength. Remind them that You have plans for them. That you will not harm them but give them hope and a future.

Father, release healing in this moment, in Jesus' name. Amen.

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds," (Psalm 147:3).



 Take a moment. . .

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