The Write SOULution: Cultivating a Healthy Soul

Hey #JustWrite!! We are in March and I remember this time last year the world was getting use to lockdowns and mask mandates. I was preparing for my last semester in graduate school and enjoying the freedom to really be still and focused. As I witnessed many lose love ones to COVID and other ailments (I lost a cousin during the summer from a long-term illness), I couldn't help but wonder about their life, physically and spiritually. Usually people tend to think about their spiritual health when they are getting closer to older age. During this pandemic, many of us have been hardworking at obtaining healthy eating, living, finances, businesses, families, but what about a healthy soul? What does it mean for us to have a healthy soul? This month's featured discussion will be centered on the book, "Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul" by Dr. Rob Reimer. 

These principles for a healthy soul include securing your identity, repentance, breaking family sin patterns, forgiving others, healing wounds, overcoming fears, and deliverance. As humans, we are composed of the body, soul, and spirit. In other words, "we are spiritual beings having a human experience." _Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. "God knew who we were before He formed us in our mother's womb." (Jeremiah 1:5) God created us and it is very important that we take the time to recharge our souls as much as we rest our bodies, minds, while incorporating other activities in our regime. Crosswalk.com provides the following 8 practical ways to care for one's soul: 

1. Schedule time for solitude 

2. Sit in silence. 

3. Abide in prayer 

4. Practice God's presence 

5. Institute 'Grace Breaks'

6. Express Gratitude 

7. Slow Down 

8. Journal

Feel free to read the article as these tips help to dive deeper into the principles Dr. Reimer discusses in his book. The last tip from the article, journaling, is a tip we as scribes know very well. It helps us to get before God and tap into what is being said while creating focus and building relationship. Join host Natolie Warren on March 30 as she leads the discussion on a journey of discovery within. The overall goal is a healthy soul, one principle at a time.

In His service,

Lequvia Ousley