Day 64 - An Excessive Need to Tell Your Story
You may be a person who feels the need to express your story to anyone and everyone who will listen. You have felt the healing salve that comes from sharing with others, and you may think that telling your story repeatedly will result in greater healing.
Sharing your experience with others is a crucial step on your healing journey, but use wisdom in discerning if your timing is appropriate.
Luevenia experienced the death of her husband. She says, “When I talked about my husband’s death to people who weren’t close to me, it was boring for them. They got tired of it. But it’s ever present with me.”
God’s Word offers advice on timing for all situations in life. “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…. a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7).
Lord, I praise You that sharing comes easily to me, and I praise You for the taste of healing that it brings. Give me the wisdom to hold my tongue when I should be listening instead of speaking. Amen.