Take Back the Sacred

bit by bit

Acknowledging that something was once sacred yet has become profane is one thing. Doing something about it takes emotional wellness to a whole new level.  

A personal example;

Prayer walking has always been an incredibly sacred time for me. My precious husband knew that if I said, "I'm going for a walk", it meant I was meeting with my King and didn't want company. This was tricky since we were likely the most clingy couple on the planet and as hard as it was for me to not have him walk with me, it was double hard for him to not tag along. He knew though, this was a sacred time. I really needed a shirt that said, "Do not disturb."

When he passed in 2021, the walks became a place to cry, lament and mourn my loss.

Earlier this year while on a sacred walk, something happened and I fell and broke my arm.

Enter, profane to the highest degree.

My once sacred walks now took on a cloak of terror and fear.

If you've ever experienced an accident where you were really hurt, not just kinda hurt but like surgery, 6 weeks of a cast, and months of rehab hurt, you know firsthand how terrifying it can be to 'get back on the horse' so to speak.

When you have such a sacred space such as I had with prayer walking, you know you must take the space and time back or you'll just lose your mind.

For me, the steps to recovering my space and cleansing the now defiled thought of walking began well before I left the house again.

How to get it back

First things first   

You must release the trauma from having the once sacred turned into a profane thing in your life.  

1. I choose to do this by applying an essential oil blend called Trauma Life. I typically apply over my brain stem to release traumatic memories or thoughts and then inhale using breathwork techniques while saying, "I choose to release this (event, experience etc). I release everything to God because that's my jam. If you don't follow God, well you do your thing then. I prefer to release things to the One who can handle way more than I can. I continue on with saying out loud, "I am letting go of this hurt, this trauma, the anger associated with it all. It's done damaging my soul and body." I like to repeat this until I don't feel that negative 'charge' from the experience. This may take more than one time of breathwork. It could take a few days in a row.

2. Next, I am now able to receive and do the restoration process of getting back the once sacred to me thing. In addition, anytime something negative happens in my life, I am reminded that God is no waster of things. In fact, all things work out for my good because I am a favorite of His. And so, in this process, I begin to ask, "Show me the new thing. Show me the good that is coming out of this event or experience." Oh, wait, some of you need to hear me say that God did not cause a bad thing to happen. God doesn't bring disease, trauma, or bad experiences. Yet, He most certainly takes ashes and turns them into beauty. Profane into sacred. It's literally His whole gig.

3. Finally, begin to ask for new paths to open, new ideas, new ways of looking at your situation. Look for ways to step back into your space that is turning back into that sacred thing.

For me, once I processed through these steps I asked one of my favorite children to take me for a walk. We went a few blocks at first, arm in arm. Then a few more blocks without the arm holding. Eventually, confidence came back and the sacred prayer walking was mine, once again.

These are simple steps, yet they take time. Sit with the steps for as long as necessary. No rushing through. Once you begin to gather back to yourself all those once sacred spaces or items, you will be relentless in pursuing all things that are rightfully yours.