Wednesday, May 12, 2010

May 2010

Strawberry Festival 2010 was great!


A testimony from one of our clients:


I don't know where I was before I was introduced to FreshWater. I don't really know who I was, etiher. On the outside, I was okay. I smiled, always seemed positive, and had a go lucky attitude. But on the inside, I was dead. I wasn't the person I use to know.

I don't really know what happened to bring about this change, and truthfully, at the time, I didn't care. I just wanted to feel like me again. I kept hoping someone would notice, understand, and give me some hope.

With time, FreshWater taught me that the feeling of significance can only come from God. And we cannot allow worldly things or people's opinions to affect how we feel about ourselves. Finding confidence in God helped me find confidence in myself, which was exactly what I needed. I don't have to please people or be perfect for God or others to love me! That was a big step for me to understand!

FreshWater is a true light in this dark world. I don't know where I would be without their help. They accept anyone, regardless of background and financial situations. I do not know of another counseling service that is free if need be. I was nervous to start sessions with them, but I immediately was comfortable and felt at home. It saved my life, and brought me back to...me.
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Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." - John 4:13-14

What is Spiritual Direction?


We define Christian spiritual direction as help given by one Christian to another which enables that person to pay attention to God’s personal communication to him or her, to respond to this personally communicating God, to grow in intimacy with this God, and to live out the consequences of the relationship. (William A. Barry, SJ and William J. Connolly, SJ, Center for Religious Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

Is it the same as counseling?
Although very similar, spiritual direction provides a place to deal with issues that remain hidden and dark within a person’s soul, many times issues that have been suppressed for so long that the person doesn’t fully realize how much it is affecting them. Counseling’s primary focus is on a plan of action to deal with the effects of woundedness within a person’s life. We will sometimes refer to a counselor when a more clinical, psychological approach would be more beneficial. Spiritual direction’s primary focus is to teach people how to let God accompany them through all of their life, including their past pain. By companioning people in their pain, they will gain confidence from His presence and power.