We do not have—nor are we able—to jump from trauma to trust or from fear to faith. Rather, we have a Shepherd who finds us in our fear, breathes us back from breathlessness, and brings us back home. Faith isn’t jumping over our feelings and sensations. Faith is being found where we are sinking and choosing to climb with Christ back home.
The human need for relationship & interdependence is the very work of salvation in our daily community. We cannot experience release from our deepest struggles in physical & emotional trauma through increasing our segregation & alone time. We must seek communion with others in open empathetic & vulnerable connection. This brings restoration & healing.
