Trauma Aware: 7 Days to More Biblical and Empathic Care预览

Day 7: Trauma Doesn’t Get the Last Word

Isaiah 53:5-6, Hebrews 4:15, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 21:4, 1 Corinthians 15:26, Hebrews 2:14

Jesus not only endured trauma, but he also overcame it. He journeyed the terrible path of pain and death with unwavering trust in the Father. Despite the terror of it all, he knew there was healing ahead. And ultimately, that healing would be for us (Isaiah 53:5-6).

Jesus is the perfect high priest who can emphasize with our pain (Hebrews 4:15) because he entered it. If your pain was caused by others sinning against you, he understands because he was sinned against. If your pain was caused by your own sin, when you confess, he covers it. As helpers, let us seek to point people to our sympathetic Savior. Let us never shrink away from the darkest places of people’s stories. You do not need to be a professional counselor to enter in; you do not need to be a trauma therapist to be empathetic to pain. You can lovingly walk with others and teach them of Jesus who loves them and understands their pain.

There is no dark corner that Christ has not gone—both on his way to the cross and on his way to finding you. And he did this empowered by the Holy Spirit and with an unwavering trust in the Father. Jesus is an example for us as we seek to care for the traumatized sufferer.

Jesus’ example is also for the sufferer. He teaches us how we can endure the most horrible circumstances. His example provides a path through the darkness by encouraging an unwavering trust in the Father, who loves us. The darkest hour of human history, the cross of Jesus, stands as a powerful symbol of both suffering and victory. Our Savior endured unimaginable emotional and physical trauma, yet he fully entrusted his life to the Father. This trust was not disappointed, and he accomplished the will of God in and through suffering.

Trauma is never too big a subject for the Bible. There is no human experience too deep for the God’s Word to reach. There is no circumstance too complex for Scripture to address.

As we seek to help traumatized people, the goal is not to return to life as they knew it before the trauma. Instead, we are to help people see that there is no situation so dark that God cannot bring light into it. The Bible profoundly portrays that the human experience encompasses both triumphs and tribulations, and God is working in them all.

The darkest hour of human history, the cross of Jesus, stands as a powerful symbol of both suffering and victory. It was a day filled with atrocities, a day on which our Savior endured unimaginable emotional and physical trauma. Yet it was a day of great hope. Jesus overcame death!

Trauma is a result of the evil that presently reigns on the earth, but evil’s reign is limited. There will come a day when all pain, sorrow, suffering, and trauma will end. When that day arrives, the author of trauma will receive the full the wrath of God (Revelation 20:10), and death, mourning, crying, and pain will come to an end (Revelation 21:4). Jesus will one day destroy both death and the one who has the power of death (1 Corinthians 15:26; Hebrews 2:14).

Remember, trauma does not get the last word. The last word has already been spoken, and it comes from our faithful God.

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We hope this plan was helpful to you! You can read more from Eliza Huie in her book, Trauma Aware, available here.