A Blessing for the Traumatized

Sometimes your body still trembles like a leaf
Long after the threat has passed.

That’s what trauma does—
it teaches the nerves to stay on guard.

Child of God,

Whatever you experienced,

Jesus was not absent.

He will never be absent.

He holds the inner child who froze.

He stays near the inner adolescent who was abandoned.
He whispers peace to the places
that still tremble.

I bless you to let Jesus (not your nervous system)

Stay on guard for you!

May His love rewire your fears.
May His Spirit become breath to you.
May every cell of your being
hear His gentle voice say:
“Peace I leave with you;
My peace I give to you.” (John 14:27)