“I came, or I should say, God brought me, to Healing Hearts Ministries in a roundabout way. Dreadfully, I had been unfaithful to my husband. I eventually told him the truth, and thankfully, we were led to a Christian therapist to begin to address things. However, I knew that I needed something in addition to the therapy we were receiving as a couple. With the weight of what I had done in my heart and mind, our therapist suggested Healing Hearts to me.

It took me a time of thinking and prayer to ask God if this was the thing I needed to do. In fact, another avenue of individual therapy for me had not panned out. I remember one time, when praying about Healing Hearts, a "green light" popped into my head. God was telling me to move on this.

My Healing Hearts counselor, Mary, has been wonderful and needed. Having her to share my story with, encourage me, give feedback, and pray over me has been such a great blessing. The study itself taught me many things. I came to it as a "seasoned" Christian. But there was much more to learn. I found myself reminded of a lot of things that I already knew as a believer but that were brought forward and shown to me in a new light. And then there were the new realizations, new truths, and new insights that the study helped me discover. It made me look back, dig in, and examine things in new ways. I learned so much about the past and how that affected the present--and how the enemy attacks us, distorts, and lies to us.

I could list here all the things I learned, but to summarize, I would say that Healing Hearts really harnesses the true and complete healing that only Christ can bring to our hearts. My sin is great and profound, and I learned I was capable of dreadful things. But God is greater and can bring transformation, redemption, and beauty from ashes,.

One main stand-out lesson I learned was that I don’t have to try to forgive myself. I let God forgive me, and HE is the one who can heal my broken integrity. I also have a strong sense of God using my story. I’m waiting on Him to show me how. He did very plainly tell me that I would need to lay down my shame in order to tell it. I will do that in order to bring Him glory and to help others.

Healing Hearts is so worth the time and energy. It is transformative in the best ways and uses the Truth of God, His love, and Jesus’ work of forgiveness, to bring about deep and authentic hope and healing to any circumstance and brokenness.” -Kay