Maybe you have told yourself you will come back to God when things settle down. When you stop the habit. When you get your thoughts under control. When you become more consistent. When you finally deal with what happened. When you can walk into church without feeling like a hypocrite. For now, you keep your distance. You may still believe in God. You may even miss Him. But somewhere along the way, shame convinced you that you should not come close until you have something bet

Every relationship we have has the ability to reveal the condition of the soul. I have often shared in many counseling settings that we don’t relate to others as they are; we relate to them as we are . Our emotional health shapes how we communicate, attach, fight, forgive, and love. This is why healing the soul doesn’t just change your inner world; it transforms every relationship you come in contact with. Unhealed wounds don’t stay private; they leak. They show up in expe