Do you sometimes feel as though you can't handle the ongoing problems anymore? The distant spouse. The rebellious child. The needy parent. The overloaded schedule. The lack of money. And does the compounding of these situations sometimes leave you feeling bitter, confused, defensive and wondering why all these things just seem to keep...

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Deep dive into processing my emotional orphan issues.

Many of God's people carry around an unhealed orphan who cries out to be seen, cared for, and healed. Healing An Orphan Heart is about helping you recognize orphan issues and how to give your True Father permission to heal your heart in profound ways.

In 2006, Janet Helms went to Uganda to perform a one-woman play, or so she thought. When the play failed, God revealed the real reason Janet was there - to understand the Orphaned Heart problem and to learn how to heal it. In her first book, Janet tells her story of how she got to Africa in the first place, her journey to adopt an abandoned child, and the development of her ministry to heal the people she encountered from the effects of rejection and abandonment. Healing the Orphaned Heart is a teaching tool that will help you understand the orphan's dilemma and how it is becoming a worldwide crisis. Janet will also share ten steps to heal from the Orphaned Heart, steps that include principles you can apply in your own life, family, ministry or missions work.

I said goodnight prayers always, but had no idea of the journey I was about to find myself on. I felt lost, angry, hurt, and confused. My heart felt like it would explode. I longed for my dad. I cried until there were no more tears. My grandparents lived in another state, but God brought them to me. That is when my healing began. The loss of a loved one is always difficult, but even more so for the tender heart of a child. Adults can't always see through their own loss, but the innocent, anguished pain of a child can help open eyes to the healing power of God and with God, healing does come. In The Orphaned Son, author Debilynne Steele explores the nurturing of a child whose journey was difficult, and shows how understanding that God loves us and that we are not alone can lead to the ultimate healing and comfort. The Lord will always be there, for he knows our grief, and loneliness, and broken hearts. He sent his son to us and felt the pain himself. Join author Debilynne Steele for a journey of loss through a child's eyes, and discover the simple joy that pure, innocent healing can bring.

There is an Affirmation Crisis. It is the result of fatherlessness. Generations have grown up without a father. Whether physically or emotionally absent, it leaves in the child a wound of absence. Fatherlessness has become a major social problem in America, even an epidemic, with approximately 50% of children under the age of 18 not living in the same home as their biological father. It has been documented in many ways and, yet it is a secret hidden in plain view. Over the last fifty years the family has been under attack. Concepts and opinions concerning the family have changed and a new perception of family has emerged. Much of the destruction of the family has been popularized and normalized through the media and arts and entertainment. The large percentage of marriages that end in divorce and the increasing trend of out of wedlock births, seems to have contributed to a widespread belief that being a single parent is somehow a noble venture, and that the father is unimportant to raising children. There are indeed many exceptional single parents. But these are the exceptions to the rule as statistics prove.It is as if there were a systematic scheme in the works to destroy our society by using progressive cultural engineering. The influence of popular approaches to the family in the media, that rejects traditional and biblical norms of family construction, is creating a confused, depressed, and fractured population. Men and women with a confused self-identity and self-confidence are the product of this fatherlessness epidemic and this affirmation crisis.Today, after over a hundred years of cultural fatherlessness, we have seen multiple generations who have grown up without the father’s emotional and often physical influence and support. Combine that with two world wars, economic challenges, media influence, rising divorce rates, sexual identity conflict, and you are left with a generation of wandering fatherless children. Many of these fatherless children are wounded adults who continue to live their lives not knowing that they are suffering from the wound of absence referred to as the “father wound.”The “father wound” in short is the absence of the emotional blessing that only the father can provide to the child. One of the major responsibilities of the father is the modeling and impartation of true fatherhood. A father is the God given instrument that identifies the child as well as gives the child a sense of self and self-confidence. This is true for both men and women. Every young man is waiting for his father to tell him he has what it takes. Every young woman is waiting for a father to show her that she is beautiful and worthy to be pursued and protected. Every young man looks to his father for affirmation and identity. Every young girl is looking to the father for her identity and affirmation as a woman.The father identifies the child. The father calls forth the masculine in the son and the femininity of the daughter. Without this essential input from Dad, the boy struggles to see himself as a man and the girl struggles to identify as a woman. Their spirit cries out for a father to save them.Our fathers have a special role to play in our discovery of who we are in life. This is why a father telling his child a statement like "You'll never amount to anything" has such a devastating effect. On the other hand, a father who lovingly affirms his child is giving him a solid foundation towards developing into a healthy, well-adjusted adult.In ‘The Affirmation Crisis’ Pastor, Teacher and Missionary, Randy Hix details the serious impact this fatherlessness epidemic is having on our society and individuals. Randy explains our Heavenly Father’s original plan for the family and how to receive the needed affirmation and healing needed to mend the wounded heart