When Trauma Triggers...

Sunday best for a church service we never made.

When trauma triggers, it trumps all else. Every plan and priority put aside.

Turn the car around.
Pray quietly.
Breathe deeply.
Get everyone safe & secure at home.
Put on tenderness & compassion so that tenderness & compassion prevail over the anger & fear.
Keep calm & be ready to share the calm.
Let your heart break over their broken heart.
Search for their preciousness in their pain.

Regain regulation. Pursue peace. Save space for suffering. Restore repair.

Brain, body, & biology, beliefs & behaviors touched by brokenness.

Healing in relationship, healing in presence, healing in prayer.

Please, God, help & heal.

And provide strength for days like today.