Arline Westmeier – författare

After reading the first volume of Healing the Wounded Soul, many people found deep healing for their inner pain. They were so thankful the memories that had plagued had lost their pain. The concept that Jesus carried our emotional pain to the cross for our healing had been completely new to them. Yet for some, their pain continued or the memory of what happened remained as frightening as before. Another question was why were some temptations, such as getting angry, so hard to control? These people could be furious before they even knew there was something to get angry about. These problems may have passed from generation to generation. For some, it felt as though getting angry were a weak spot in their characters where a spirit of anger could walk right into their daily activities, while the thought of robbing a bank didn''t even register as being tempting. In this volume, Dr. Westmeier writes about dealing with these weak spots or open doors from biblical principles and her counseling experiences.

Many people are plagued with thoughts they cannot control such as, "Did I really turn that gas off all the way? Maybe I should go back and check it one more time, just to be sure." "You need to repent from that sin again. You really weren''t sorry enough when you asked forgiveness. You are much sorrier now than when you asked for forgiveness the last time." "The door may not be really shut. You didn''t touch the three spots on the doorframe, just to be sure. You''d better go back and check it. Being too lazy to get out of bed to do it again is no excuse." "You forgot your checkbook! You always forget everything. You''re just no good." Examining our thought life involves distinguishing three kinds of voices. We use our minds to think our own thoughts. When God communicates with us, His thoughts must register in our minds if we want to understand what He is saying. Temptations must also register in our minds if they are to become real temptations. In this volume of Healing the Wounded Soul, Dr. Westmeier gives practical steps and biblical ways to sort out our thoughts and to get free of the obsessive ones.

Many of our relationships are in crisis. We have painful, unresolved relationships in our churches, with our neighbors, with our friends, in places of work. Friendships break up, marriages fall apart and homes disintegrate. Why, if God himself made male and female as opposites but fully compatible and established marriage as a representation of human love and togetherness, then why is it so difficult to live together in a complimentary way? Times of transition between the stages of life bring vulnerable times into the relationships. Leaving one stage for the next stage causes a sense of loss. Graduating from high school or college, or going from a single life to marriage or to the birth of children all bring losses. These losses must be grieved. If the transitions are not successfully completed, all future stages are jeopardized. In this book, Dr. Westmeier deals with taking steps to heal broken relationships such as how to ask forgiveness without accusing the other person, how to grieve our losses and how to successfully move forward into the next stage of life.