Healing the Soul – When Emotional Wounds Become Spiritual Battles

Greetings to the People of the God of Armies Prayer Community.

To the hearts who carry the weight of what no man sees, peace be multiplied unto you.

This is I. Michael Chikamso, writing not from the surface of words, but from the well of ancient counsel and divine encounter. May what you read today not be mere language, but spirit and healing. Let your soul sit beneath this teaching as one sits beneath the cedar tree—where shade and silence meet, and the voice of God becomes clear.

Saint Augustine once said, “In my deepest wound, I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.”

Indeed, it is not always in health, but in heartache that God reveals Himself as Physician of the soul. When emotional wounds fester, they invite not just sorrow, but silence, confusion, even spiritual war.

The Story

It was told in the highlands of Angola, that there lived a woman of hidden fire—Teresa Nandaka. She was no teacher, no prophet, no mystic. Yet her soul was a tabernacle of sorrow and sanctity. Her name was whispered in the village not with awe, but with softness—like one speaks of rain that falls without storm.

She married young. Her joy was visible. Her laughter, once free as the village wind. But the Scriptures say, “Put not your trust in the sons of men, for their breath is in their nostrils.” (Isaiah 2:22) And so it happened. Her husband, her promised one, rose early one morning and walked away—vanished like a vapor on the river’s surface.

She waited one year. Then two. Then five. No word. No rumor. No return.

But still she cleaned the village chapel. Still she laid fresh linen on the altar. Still she bent her knees before the tabernacle and whispered prayers that only angels heard.

The villagers called her faithful. But in her heart, a battle raged—a battle not of war, but of identity. “Was I not worthy?” she asked herself. “Was I so forgettable?” she asked God.

Her sorrow, like the Psalms of David, became both lament and love song.

Then came a night, after many years, when Teresa stood before the altar alone and said:

“I forgive. Not because I was healed, but because I desire to be. I am not seeking justice, but freedom.”

And heaven heard.

That night, she dreamed a dream beyond language. She stood in a white robe, her arms outstretched, and light poured from her hands as though she were a burning bush.

They said of her, “She carries peace as though it were woven into her breath.”

This is the mystery of God: He does not erase every scar. He anoints it. He transforms the wound into a window of glory. For as Saint Paul wrote, “We are hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed...struck down, but not destroyed.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-9)

Reflection in the Wisdom of the Saints and Apostles

The soul is not healed by forgetting—it is healed by illumination.

When emotional pain remains hidden, it becomes a feast for spirits of fear, bitterness, and self-destruction. But when that pain is brought before the Lamb of God, it loses its power.

“The spirit of a man can endure sickness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?” (Proverbs 18:14)

Yes, when the heart is wounded, the body follows. When the soul bleeds, the mind trembles. And when memory becomes poison, even the hands lose their strength.

But let it be known: Emotional wounds are not curses; they are invitations.

Every cut becomes a gate. Either we let in darkness or we open it to light.

The wise open it to Christ.

And Christ, when He enters, does not patch the wound—He redeems it.

He walks through the memories, disarms the bitterness, and turns your history into sacred oil.

As the early Christians prayed: “Come, O Fire of the Spirit. Burn not to destroy, but to sanctify.”

The wind surrounded her and sang not with words, but with glory. When she awoke, she wept—not from grief, but from the sacred weight of healing.

From that day forth, she was changed. The pain did not vanish, but it bowed. And she, once known for quiet sorrow, became a vessel of peace.

Closing Prayer: Pray With Me

O Holy One, whose silence is wisdom and whose voice is fire,

You who walked with Elijah through grief and stood with Mary in her weeping—

Come now into the soul of the reader.

Enter where only tears have entered.

Touch the place where memory has become torment.

Speak where shame has gagged the voice.

We call upon you, Christ Jesus, the Healer of the crushed.

Let your blood speak louder than pain. Let your Spirit rise higher than despair.

Let every emotional burden fall like walls before the Ark of the Covenant.

To the one reading now:

Be free.

Be washed.

Be whole.

The past will no longer chain you.

Your sorrow will no longer preach louder than your joy.

In the name of the God of Armies, Christ Jesus our Lord, it is done.

Amen.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I Trust in You.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

God of Armies, God of gods, Christ Jesus, be praised forever, you are the greatest spiritual being of all time. Amen.

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Final Words from Michael Chikamso: A Call for Healing

Because you have taken your time to read these words,

let there be healing in places no one sees.

Let there be peace in the soul, and rest in the heart.

You did not come here by chance—this was a divine appointment.

May this message mark the moment sorrow began to lift,

and may the presence of Christ Jesus enter your story with power.

You are not forgotten. You are not broken beyond repair.

You are being restored—quietly, deeply, and eternally.

Amen

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Health Advice – By Ekwerem Agatha Ogechukwu Lilian

Topic: Emotional Wounds and the Physical Body

The saints teach that the soul and body are united, not merely by breath, but by divine intention. What touches the soul will echo in the flesh. Depression, anxiety, grief—these weaken the immune system, delay healing, and increase risk for chronic illness.

Steps for Healing the Body through the Soul:

Meditate daily with Psalm 42: “Why are you cast down, O my soul?” Let the Scripture enter your cells.

Drink herbal teas that soothe the nervous system: chamomile, ashwagandha, lemon balm.

Forgiveness reduces cortisol. Peace repairs the gut.

Choose foods that comfort with wisdom: warm vegetable broths, nuts rich in magnesium, and omega-3 oils.

Journal your emotions. What the soul speaks, the body can stop carrying.

The body longs for peace. And peace begins when the soul releases what it was never meant to hold alone.

Greetings from Goa Community

This Health Program is Sponsored by the God of Armies Prayer Community Medical Association.