Overcoming Traumatic Events
According to the national center for post-traumatic stress disorder web site, 60.7% of men and 51.2% of women report at least one traumatic event in their life.
We live in a world that is wrecked with the effects of sin. Just being a Christian is not a free pass from the consequences that sin has brought into our world.
Jesus reminded us in Matthew 5:45 “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
In my own life, I have had several traumatic events, from an auto accident, to standing over my daughter in the emergency room not knowing what was wrong. Some traumatic events pass quickly, while some, however, have devastating lingering effects. Maybe you are reading this and you have experienced something much more devastating than me. I have counseled with people who have been molested, and with those who have lost loved ones in unfortunate ways. I have found that the Bible answer works no matter what the cause of trauma in life. So how are we to respond when we face a traumatic event in life? The Bible gives us a great insight into what we need to do through David.
Psalm 109 was a passage written as David was in flight from Saul. Three separate attempts were made on David’s life while he was in Saul’s palace, then he was hunted like an animal. David was a man who certainly knew about traumatic events in life. His message to us in Psalms gives us a great wealth of help.
