Spiderman - Far from home 2:27 min - 4 min
What is Trauma? (definition) a deeply distressing or disturbing experience
What is something traumatic that has happened in your (family's) life?
- Harvey
- Covid
- Job loss
- Moving
- House fire
- Divorce
- Death in family
- New birth/adoption in the family
- Loss of pet
- Illness or injury
- Loss of youth pastor/teacher (job change, pregnancy, death)
- Canceled events (sports, VBS, parties, school)
Bible example: and what we can learn from them
- Esther - entire nation about to be executed - be strong
- Job - lost family, business (animals) house, health - keep having faith
- Adam and Eve - had to move, death of a son - God will never leave us
- Noah - lost home and family in a flood - God is coming
- David - best friends dad wanted to kill him/ hunted him for years - rely on God
- Paul - imprisoned for preaching - serve others
- Moses - lost home (Egypt) and not allowed into the promised land - talk to God
- Daniel- lost family, home, taken to a foreign country - stay faithful to God (70years)
- Jesus- BFF died (Lazarus) - it is ok to cry
Why is something traumatic? Fear of the
unknown. Loss of control
No two people are affected by the same trauma the same
way! Mom vs dad. Siblings vs you. Friends vs you.
When trauma happens no one
changes. I didn’t change. You didn’t charge. The circumstances changed. We are
forced to think about something that we don’t usually think about. Priorities
are tested. (Kids not allowed to go to school, angry that they want to go)
How
are you going to respond to the stressors?
- Anger
- Sadness
- Violence
- Placing blame
- Depression
- Building barriers (pretending everything is ok)/ apathetic
Can anyone fully deal with all the stresses in life? NO - Phil
4:6, proverbs 3:5,
Coping skills: diff for each person
- Suppression - everything is ok, there is no problem
- Drugs/ alcohol
- Exercise
- Meditate
- Too much tv
- Watching the news all the time
- Talking to someone
- Journal
- Serve others
God says to be selfless
- Matthew 25:31-46
- Phil 2:4
- John 15:12- 14
- Prov 19:17
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
- Romans 12:2
- Mark 12:31
- Prov 18: 1
- Romans 12:10
- 1 Corinthians 13
- Matthew 22:39
- John 15:12
Hebrews 12:7 and 11
What does God want ME to learn A
gift of God ….
Write down what is bothering/ stressing you. How are you dealing
with it? What does God want you to learn from this? What verse can help you?
What blessing has happened because of this? How can you help someone else
because of this?