Safe Space Stories
sometimes someone else's story can birth hope
What happens when someone gets the chance to step into Jesus’ interactive Presence? Can I tell you about some of the wonder that I and the other prayer counselors from the Well Toccoa have seen recently?
Minds running overtime with questions can rest in Jesus’ Presence. One person said, “For the first time, I don’t need to ask Jesus anything — I can just rest here.”
Shame falls away in Jesus’ Presence. Memories that once held shame in place can now anchor us to Jesus’ faithful love. “I thought He was mad at me, but now I know He wasn’t.”
We have seen tears come, bodies relax, and hearts be refreshed with love and hope.
We have seen leaders regain confidence and take steps in the precious journey of learning to trust God as He reveals Himself to be safe.
We have seen people hand over to Jesus the lies that they can now see have been draining their very lifeblood. Jesus always takes those lies. He never asks us to carry them.
One of our favorite questions to ask Jesus is,
“What would you like to give me now?”
Because every time we give Him a lie, or the ashes we are carrying, or the burdens we stagger under without His invitation, together we are opening up space within ourselves to receive more of Him.
Jesus is Creator. And He is creative. What He gives us is often not what we would have expected. Maybe this is to help us remember that He gave it to us?
Just in the past month we have had the honor of witnessing first-hand as Jesus has given out peace, hope, faith, rest and many other beautiful and precious things.
We have had some rough days as well. One day I asked Jimbo to lead me in Safe Space. I needed to be led. On my own I kept getting stuck in the loop of the anxiety my body was experiencing. Listening to someone else’s voice gently lead me to Jesus helped me break through the barrier of low-level anxiety and come back home to a tangible reminder of God’s love for me and the purpose He designed in me.
As someone else held space for me, my mind was able to follow Holy Spirit back to one of the inner “prayer closets” (safe spaces) that He has shown me before through the eyes of my heart. Peace returned. It felt kind of like breathing again after choking for air.
God is our very Present help, a Safe Space, a Refuge. It’s ok that sometimes we don’t know how to get to Him on our own.
If your heart is longing for this, let’s talk.
I need this.