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Prayer for the healing of memories

We have all been wounded, not only by other people, but also by the “things of life” we live through every day; this prayer can help you to experience a healing. As you pray this prayer, allow God to bring some of your pain and sorrows to the surface – so that you can forgive those who have hurt you, so that you may become aware of all the ways you need to receive advice or spiritual guidance, and so that you may finally experience God’s healing love more fully than ever.

To begin this prayer, one could begin with Psalm 139, which follows:

“O Lord, you have searched me and know me. You know when I sit and when I arise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You know my going out and lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word lies on my tongue, you know it very well, O Lord. You line me behind and in front of me; you have laid your hand on me. This knowledge is too wonderful for me, too high for me to attain. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? When I go to heaven, you are there; when I make my bed in the depths, you are there. When I ascend on the wings of dawn, when I settle on the other side of the sea, your hand will guide me there too, your right hand will hold me. When I say, “Darkness will hide me and the light around me will become night,” the darkness will not be dark for you either; the night will shine like day, for darkness is like light for you. For you have created my innermost being; you have brought me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am anxious and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in a secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days that were meant for me were written in your book before one of them came into being. How precious your thoughts are to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Lord, You know me better than I know myself. You have seen every moment of my life; from eternity you have held me in your thoughts. You hold every moment in your heart and shared with me every joy, every pain. Lord, I seek healing, the healing you desire for me. I invite you to

go with me through my past so that I can see my life with your eyes. I allow you to remind me of everything that needs to be healed because I know that you are with me. Heal me from every pain, every guilt, every fear. I give you permission to heal me from everything: past or present, emotional, physical or spiritual – please heal me from the things that keep me from enjoying a fantastic relationship with you. Help me to trust in your love. Help me know that even the hurts and failures of my life can be transformed into channels of your grace.

Lord, walk with me back through the years of my life: through my early teens, ages and childhood years, through those months in my mother’s womb, even to the moment of my conception – that moment when you first brought me to life.

Lord, even before my mother noticed my presence in her, when I was no bigger than two cells – you knew me, you appreciated me and you loved me. In the first few months I began to develop my personality, listening to sounds and feeling emotions. Maybe my mother was worried, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious during her pregnancy, thought an abortion was possible or was physically ill. I could feel my mother’s emotions and attitudes. These could have influenced me by imposing my own fears and guilt and emotions on my mind and personality. These are often the roots of some of our deepest problems. My birth may have been particularly difficult. There may have been medical complications that kept me from staying in touch with my mother and father when I needed it so much. Or maybe I was the “wrong” sex for my parents who wanted a boy as a girl or vice versa – and I felt their frustration immediately or later in life. Lord, heal all the injuries associated with my time in the womb and my birth. Let me feel the joy that you and all the angels and saints felt when I came into the world.