Grace Calls

GRACE CALLS CLASS

SYLLABUS

Lesson 1 (02/24/2021) – Introduction, Darkness Over Deep, Group Guidelines
Lesson 2 (03/24/2021) – Stone 1 – Trauma (Spiritual Crisis)
Lesson 3 (04/28/2021) – Stone 2 – Thorns (The Accuser Enters)
Lesson 4 (05/26/2021) – Stone 3 – Triggers (Unturned Soil) & Re-Creation
Lesson 5 (06/23/2021) – Stone 4 – Tears (Trusting Pain) & Stone 5 – Spiritual Warfare (Identifying the Enemy)
Lesson 6 (07/28/2021) – Stone 6 – Dignity (Setting Boundaries)
Lesson 7 (08/25/2021) – Stone 7 – Acceptance (Scorning the Shame)
Lesson 8 (09/22/2021) – Stone 8 – Sanctuary (Healing Sexually)
Lesson 9 (10/27/2021) – Rest & Stone 9 – Pain Trading (Investing your Suffering)
Lesson *10(11/17/2021) -Stone 10 – Forgiveness (Learning to Let Go)
Lesson *11(12/22/2021) -Stone 11 – Empathy (Renewed Tenderness) & Stone 12 – Hope (Wounded Healer)

My Grace Calls friends,  

I trust you’re doing well, growing through your trauma journey, as you lean on your ever-present Guide & as you receive your partner’s support, encouragement and prayers!  Going on this journey of unearthing painful memories can be very challenging & I’ll be honest, there are times I don’t want to do it, and yet it is such a huge part of the healing, but having a faithful partner, a friend, a coach or even a therapist makes a huge difference! It’s like seeing a good doctor, who listens to you with understanding and compassion! You feel better even before he’s prescribed any form of medication!  It’s also like a little kid who gets hurt by a friend and looks for someone to ‘tell on them to’. If they receive a listening ear & a hug, they are back to play within a few minutes!  And you know we do have our ever-present help and guide – JESUS! Receiving validation and empathy supports our healing in ways we can never under-estimate!  At times I feel like I’m just rambling over and over (at times about the same issue) & at times I feel utterly exhausted by talking!  But you know as I have talked over and over about my deeply entrenched traumas, I begin to feel new life springing in my being 

Doing trauma work is heavy work, but the benefits of doing it are countless, but also eternal!

As I travel through this journey with you, I am feeling a new closeness with Jesus and really soaking in all his amazing qualities that are changing my narrative especially of how I view myself, often with so much judgment, but also how I view others and most importantly, how I view God!

As I do this heavy work, I am learning a lot – from Grace Calls & from Robin, and especially that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are there to do the heavy lifting for me!  My really good friend and partner reminded me that there’s a ‘pool of grace’ which is the whole theme of ‘Grace Calls’. This reminds me of Jesus’ words in Matthew 11:28-31:-

 “Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis. Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.” (TPT)

And so, beloved, as we journey on, I pray that you will do the more challenging (but easier) work of giving the burden of all your traumas & your healing to Jesus! 

~Carol