"The Spiritual Strengths Profile enabled me to understand how my illness interacts with the whole of my life. I know God’s mercy and healing power is at work in the Spiritual Strengths Profile."
“The SSP has opened up for me a new avenue and a valuable instrument to aid me in my search for meaning in my life. I feel it will be a wonderful tool to help me when I get into a “down” state, to life myself and get back to the middle way of my virtues.”
“By learning what my strengths, shadows and compulsion are, I feel I have a head start on dealing with my illness and brokenness. I know where my vulnerabilities are and how to get into my strengths.”
Illness teaches me that as my body diminishes, my spirit advances. Strength of body and strength of soul may interact in an inverse way – as the one increases; the other decreases. When I scan illness’ assault on my body from this perspective it invites me into a new vision, albeit a paradoxical one where my spiritual strengths are activated by the bodily losses I’m experiencing. ...
Our smile literally moves us internally; our hearts are touched, our personalities shift, and we are healed in some small but significant way. But most curiously, this tiny smile is not insignificant on a spiritual level either. This most simple human action, the everyday action of a smile, generates the most immense effects. Our smile, seen by others or not, opens up the portals of our...
The advent of illness, with all its potential diminishments (even if it's temporary), emotional turmoil, psychological insult, and spiritual challenges all present trauma to anyone’s life. Grave, chronic, and especially terminal conditions confound your life and alter your image of the world, yourself, and God. The Spiritual Strengths Healing Plan is built on the simple belief that healing (as distinct from curing) is not of this...
God, you are the beginning of my life, the Alpha and the Omega of my healing journey. Jesus identifies himself as “the Alpha and the Omega” of life. What does this mean and how does it relate to healing? 1. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last. The first concept suggested here is that Christ is the “whole”, He is the...
