Emotional and Spiritual Brokenness is at the core of why individuals and families seek out counseling. There is hope and Cord of Three is here to support the efforts and desires for healing and restoration. Below are testimonials from two clients whom sought out counseling at a very broken moment in their lives and the lives of their families. As I learned to experience and seek Christ's guidance, I was lead to Cord of Three's ministry. As I met regularly with the counselor, years of false belief and deception was torn down, as truth was raised up. I give Jesus all of the glory for the change in my life, but during each visit, I became keenly aware that the Holy Spirit was guiding the counselor. Worldly advice was easy to find, but Cord of Three taught truth and challenged false beliefs based on God's Holy Word. As I grew to discern God's guidance, the Cord of Three Counselor was an unbelievable support. As I stepped out of the darkness of my past and into the light of truth, my counselor Today, I continue to grow in Christ and have come to know Him personally and in a way I never trusted possible. I am thankful to Him for the work He continues in me. He enlarges my life daily. I praise Him for all His blessings, including leading me to this ministry at a time where I seemingly had few other places to turn for help. With each passing month, I see how God is using even the ugliest parts of my life for His glory. He is truly a God of deliverance, provision, restoration, faithfulness and unfailing love. A lifetime of searching and striving is being fulfilled only in Him. Isaiah 55:12-13 12 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
With a world filled with secular humanistic views, it is good to know there is an agency that is biblically based on God's Word. During a time when divorce tragically invaded our home, Cord of Three was a blessing to my family. Receiving the Christian counseling we needed emotionally, mentally and spiritually, it has helped us deal with the hurt and anger we felt inside and has helped us to learn that we can live healthy and prosperous lives. "Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established." Proverbs 15:22
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This testimonial comes from one of the families involved in the visitation program at our Nahunta site. On my first visit to Cord of Three, I thought to myself, "well, here we go again, having someone tell me what a terrible |
At some point brokenness touches everyone's life. It was at a completely broken place that I met the staff of Cord of Three. After many years of striving to be good, considerate, successful, strong, determined, in control, I was found facing what my own efforts had wrought. A lifetime of wrong beliefs about myself had lead me further than I had ever intended or wanted to go. After my adulterous relationship and other lies were uncovered, I experienced loss like I had never dreamed possible...loss of my wife and homelife, separation from my child, loss of friendships, indescribable hurt to parents, family members and untold others. At the same time, it was necessary to change careers. I experienced health issues, overwhelming debt, and chaos, despair, and confusion on every front. As the perception of control was torn from my clinching hands, I turned to Jesus...the One I had known about throughout my church-going childhood, but on whom I had never truly trusted or relied. Everything I had previously trusted in (self, intellect, education, friends) was of no use. I didn't know what to do to fix this situation. Words cannot express my true sorrow for my mistakes. So I cried out to Jesus...truly cried out, not with empty words as I had prayed before but from that place that only brokenness brings. It was in that place that Jesus touched me in a way I had never experienced. I received His forgiveness, and He began a tremendous work of restoration in me that continues today.
challenged my wrong thinking, discipled me in the Word, affirmed God's leading in my life, prayed with me and for me, and helped me face issues and hurts that were long hidden and avoided.
parent I am and how I didn't take care of my children and that I don't deserve them." Those are things that other people have said since we have been involved with DFCS - putting me down and making me feel guilty but for what I still don't know. I feel that I am the best father to my sons than any father could ever think about being. But, my introduction to Clay, Chase, Tracy and Lelia has been a very up-lifting experience. The Cord of Three staff have been very thoughtful and understanding with my case. Through a Christian foundation, applying the word of the Bible to our lives, and through prayer, doors will open, lights will be lit or re-lit and this has given me a brighter outlook on life. The skills I have obtained from Cord of Three will be woven into my family's life especially for my family knowing that our lives will be better now and in the future.