The body (still) keeps the score (Future Grace #6 of 7)

“Repressed emotions are unfinished business,” David Stewart writes— they highlight pages in the past that continuing altering our story in the present” (Healing Oils of the Bible, p116).

As this relates to pain in the body, Dr. Stewart writes, “When you have an emotional experience, especially a traumatic or painful one, the amygdala assigns a part of your body to remember the experience until you are ready to deal with it” (Healing Oils of the Bible, p25). That is, “They can- and will— cause health malfunctions” (p116).

This means that sounds and smells might not be our only reactions to memories. Dis-ease in the body might also be.

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Notice the word might in that previous sentence. This is another reason I never shift blame onto the person who comes to me for prayer. An illness or dis-ease might be a repressed hurt; it might, on the other hand, simply be a breakdown in the body.

How do you know if it is or is not?

You simply ask.

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Notice, though, in the same way the check engine light on your car tells you to pop the hood and took a deeper look at your motor, abnormal body function might be biological equivalent— an alert system telling you to stop and deal with some hurt of the past.

The systemic malfunction might show up in the heart, the intestines… or a specific joint or muscle or organ.

Or, let’s say it another way— and make it personal. If you’ve gone to the doctor for a health issue and you couldn’t locate a specific underlying cause of the condition, you might— notice that might word, again— be suppressing something.

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Why?

Because you remember everything… yet the memories aren’t stored in the body, they’re filed in your body. And, when your body “flares up” and creates a physical symptom, it might actually be a “check engine light” telling you that you have unfinished business in the soul you need to handle…

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