Healing Is Becoming Who You Were Created to Be
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind." — Romans 12:2 Many of us secretly believe that healing means becoming a different person. If only I were less anxious... If only I didn't get angry... If only I could trust people... If only I could stop returning to the same sins. But what if healing isn't about becoming someone else? What if healing is about returning to your true self created in the image and likeness of God? The Christian tradition calls this Theosis —becoming Christ-like. Becoming fully human. Becoming the person you were created to be. Healing is not simply feeling better. Healing is the restoration of divine order. The Disorder Within Sin is often reduced to "breaking God's rules." But sin is much deeper than that. Sin creates a rupture within us. It wounds our very humanity. The Fathers of the Church describe the human person as possessing three beautiful faculties: The intellect , created to kn...