One thing I kept noticing as I did this exercise was my tendency to hang on to the facts of how I was hurt more than the perspectives I was learning. As unhealthy feelings and thoughts would surface in my journal that looked more like proof than perspective, I would •be honest with the feelings I was having; •be brave enough to stop the accompanying runaway thoughts, even if I had to say that out loud; •check possible distortions with other trusted friends, my counselor, and with the Word of God; •find a Scripture verse that can speak truth to some part of the memory and apply God’s Word to my
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