Emotionally Healthy Spirituality with Peter Scazzero... The Introduction/ Rashea@LLO2 Academy

Welcome to a 31 day journey to emotionally healthy spirituality. When I took this journey 10 years ago, I was a co-senior pastor transitioning out of a small ministry that my ex-husband and I pastored for 7 years. I was raising two small children and my marriage was slowly failing.

I tried everything. Prayer. Fasting. Church. Counseling.

Simply put, I wanted God, and he wanted the world. It wasn't working. I knew it wouldn't last much longer.

The situation was only growing worse. I was growing weary and tired. I was on the verge of burn out.

I wasn't centered. I was appeasing him, but he was rejecting me. After a while that became burdening. Doing life alone, I was growing isolated, frustrated and discouraged. And over the course of time, I slowly withdrew my efforts to appease him. 

No more going the extra mile. For what? He wasn't around much anyways. So,  I focused solely of God and the children.

I needed to get a grip on my world, spiritually, emotionally and physically. So in 2015, this book was placed in my hands while at a Christian counselling session that he failed to come to. One day while at home, God stopped me right in my tracks and said to me, "Rashea, Daniel is not your God. I Am.👀 Now sit down."

For 40 days, I sat at our small kitchen table in our kitchen. It was there God counseled me through this book called, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, by Peter Scazzero. I opened the book, and I couldn't put it down. The Lord checked me and exposed the weaknesses not only in my marriage but, also, in my own soul.

I was definitely broken inside. Besides being  ordained pastors, a 17 year marriage that was failing was heart breaking. But I knew God was greater than the brokenness I felt. Although my marriage was failing, I did not feel like a failure, because I gave it and him my all.

After reading emotionally healthy spirituality, my life has never been the same. When I opened the book I was clouded with a broken will and life that was built around my ex-husband and our life in ministry. When I finished the book, I had a deeper sense of my own personal identity and the areas within me that needed regeneration. 

Don't run from you. Don't run from the truth. Face yourself, and be honest. 

Face the inner you. Face what is breaking, broken and burdening you. Allow God to rebuild your life better than you ever thought possible.

It's been so long since I read the book, but the spirit of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality still lives within me. "In order to move forward, you must go back, says Peter Scazzero." Now this does not imply going back to a state of life that broke you, but acknowledging what needs to be rebuilt within you by the power of the living God through Jesus.

You can't allow the past to continue to control your life and well-being. You have to get a grip on what is breaking you, hurting you and stunting your growth and development as a person in all areas of your life. And that all begins with healing your soul.

Your emotional health is important, but so are your thoughts. You have to get centered mentally. You have to bring all of your brokenness to Jesus in spirit, soul and body. 

Someone who suffers from chronic depression, anger, insecurity or compulsive behavior usually has emotional and mental imbalance. Did you know that your thoughts have the power to recenter your emotions? The brains cellular frequencies have the ability to reset your emotions and train them to respond in a healthy way.

The Bible says, "Be renewed in the spirit of your mind (Ephesians 4:23)." To be renewed is to reset, reform, regenerate, start fresh, begin anew, a fresh start, change, enlightenment, to undergo a transformation. God has given all Christian's the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). That means you have the ability and capability to think as God thinks which is clear, upright and morally wise, while having the ability to grasp revelatory insight.

This 40 day journey wasn't just about connecting the dots with my spirituality and emotions. It was deeper than that. It was about my emotions and spirit connecting with the Holy Spirit who was on call to transition me from a posture and place of despair, brokenness and defeat to a life totally surrendered to the transforming power of God.

Join me now, as we embark on a 31 day journey of pealing back the many layers that has kept us feeling bottled up with emotional imbalance and spiritual fatigue. We are pealing back the layers that has left many of us feeling defeated, displaced and imbalanced. God wants you well. I want you well. So, take these next steps and start your own journey to emotional healthy spirituality. 

You will not regret the journey!☺️

-Rashea@LLO2 Academy