Many students today deal with issues from their past. Whether those issues stem from alcoholism, abusive parents, drugs or scarring relationships, it is often hard to know how to deal with the topics from the past and learn to live in the present. North Greenville University is offering a Bible study to those students who would like to start a healing process.
“College is a great time to get healing so that the wounds of childhood do not continue to manifest themselves on into marriage and parenting and the workplace,” said Ruth McWhite, director of NGU women’s ministry.
The Bible study is called “Making Peace with Your Past” and is open to all students. It is being led by Jean McManus and Wilson Nelson.
“This is a self-help group in which group members help one another by talking in a safe, loving environment,” writes Tim Sledge.
“This course will help adults who grew up in a home in which one of the family members had emotional needs so strong that they disrupted the development of healthy relationships. Participants will understand problems from the past and identify and remove emotional, psychological, and spiritual barriers to fellowship with God,” LifewayStores.com says. The study and book received a 100 percent positive review on the Web site.
Lorry Green, NGU women’s housing coordinator, feels that this study is essential to the betterment of the campus. “Through all my years of dealing with young ladies who have had issues with their past problems, I know that there are quite a number of students who have many issues with their past. They don’t know how to deal with them and need to learn how to open their hearts to God’s healing,” she said.