When I think about soul food, I immediately think about collard greens, black eyed peas, macaroni & cheese, grits, fried fish or chicken, cornbread, sweet potato pie, and other rich and tasty foods which are often cooked with ingredients not so good for a healthy body. The food, however, when presented to us looks and smells so good that we inwardly surmise, “who cares, it’s too good to turn down!” So we eat. Some of us discipline how often and how much we eat (knowing that too much is not good for us), while for some, it’s the normal way of eating. Research concurs that wrong ingredients fed to our bodies can over time hinder our mobility (obesity) or lead to various sicknesses and death.
However, when it comes to our very soul, we often do not give second thought to what we feed it. What we choose to feed our souls can greatly affect our daily living and determine our eternal existence. Our soul is our mind (beliefs, thoughts and thought processing), our will (decision making and daily choices, or willingness toward a specific way of being, doing and speaking), and our emotions (positive or negative, intense or repressed, affections and feelings). The mind, will and emotions are linked together and operate as a car with all of its parts that keep it driving properly.
Many people go through life not even realizing what a “soul” is or that they even have a soul. Not knowing or not understanding is ignorance. Ignorance is open territory for anything to happen within our souls, and anything usually is the negative rather than the positive. Some of you may have heard the cliché, “ignorance is bliss,” meaning what you don’t know won’t hurt you. The truth is that what you don’t know can slowly kill you and cause you to miss out on the kind of life and eternal existence that God, who is our Creator, has for you!
So, why am I making a big deal about this, you might be wondering. Well, truthfully, as a person, first of all, then as a counselor for many years, I’ve eye witnessed many people whose souls are sick. They became sick because of what they’ve been fed. The feeding either came from their childhood experiences, relationships, or from ignorance about their soul and/or the authority and control that they have over their own soul. By eating the wrong soul food, they have indirectly, unknowingly, or unintentionally allowed other people or external situations to influence and control their mind, will, and emotions.
My purpose in writing this is to let you know that it’s never too late to get healing for your soul! It will take you being willing to admit that your soul is sick in some ways then determining to get healed. Just like going to a medical doctor when your body is sick, a diagnosis of where the sickness in your soul lies would be necessary. This allows the helper (little h and big H) to assess your soul needs then give you the right prescription for healing. This could be an instantaneous healing but more than likely, will require a process of time and application of the correct soul food that will change and rearrange the affects and influences that your soul has endured in order to bring about true healing and restoration.
True soul healing comes by way of the Truth that sets us free (John 8:32). The feeding is the process, which is the application of the prescribed Word, along with prayer specific to you for your soul. It’s a time of yielding to and determining to “know the Truth” (by the way, Jesus is the Truth and is the Word of God – John 14:6, John 1:1-14). Most of what our souls are fed is counterfeit soul food. It looks good, smells good, sounds good, and for a time tastes real good, only to eventually make us sick in some ways (Romans 3:23).
Our call and purpose at CTC Counseling, including our training and all activities of Christian Training Center, is to help people find healing for their souls and/or to move forward in their lives, ministries or organizations with good, godly and healthy perspectives about conducting the business of life and living. Since our relocation to Virginia, we are reopening soon to be available to help you, your family, and friends, your church, ministry or organization get the soul healing that is yours to be had. We’ll also notify you of upcoming training sessions.
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Note: How we live and what we believe impacts our children and families either positively or negatively. Families were established by God and are the foundation of every other institution in society. Family Life God’s way can directly impact other families in our society.
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