Everyone is talking about trauma these days. We hear about emotional wounds, unresolved grief, and the ways our experiences affect our health. And rightly so. Scripture itself acknowledges the intimate connection between our emotional and physical lives. This subject is personal to me as well, as the victim of childhood abuse, as well as an adult traumatic event. I know first-hand the far-reaching impact of trauma.

In preparation for speaking at a church retreat, I studied the Scriptures regarding the work of the Holy Spirit and tried to put into practice my understanding of what I learned. An intriguing concept emerged. The Bible speaks of life with the Spirit as being a walk. The King James Version says in Romans 8:4 that Jesus met the requirements of the law so that we can walk, not after the flesh but after the Spirit. The NIV uses the word “live” instead of walk, but the origi