RECOVERING FROM TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
April 30, 2025

When Freud Meets Jesus Part 2

In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David. Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her. Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.” “Go to bed and pretend to be ill,” Jonadab said. “When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.’” So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.” David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.” So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it. Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone out of here,” Amnon said. So everyone left him. Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me, my sister.” “No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don’t do this wicked thing. What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.” But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her. Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!” “No!” she said to him. “Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.” But he refused to listen to her. He called his personal servant and said, “Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.” So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went. Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a desolate woman. 2 Samuel 13:1-20

• Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” 2 Samuel 13:20

• “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…” Proverbs 23:7

I. __What Does God Say About Evil & Trauma?

• “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10

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• Romans 5:12, “Sin came into the world because of what one man did.”

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• “There will be more and more evil in the world so most people will stop showing their love for each other.” Matthew 24:12

• Genesis 6:5, “the Lord was deeply grieved that he had made man and his heart was filled with pain.”

• Isaiah 63:9, “In all their suffering, he, suffered too.”

• Psalm 55:8, “You, Lord, keep a record of all my sorrows. You collected all my tears in your bottle, and you list each one in your book.”

• Hebrews 11:27, “God has appointed that every person will die and after that, they face the judgement.”

• Hebrews 4:13 “Nothing can be hidden from God. Everything and all creation is exposed to his eyes and each of us will give an account of our lives to him.”

• Romans 8:28. “We know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him. For those who have been called according to his purpose.”

II. __What Do I Do To Recover From Trauma?

• 2 Corinthians 1:4 “God comforts us in our troubles so that we can comfort others.”

• Galatians 6:2, “By helping each other’s troubles and burdens, you’re obeying the law of Christ.”

• 2 Corinthians 1:8-9 “We were crushed and completely overwhelmed, And we thought, we’d never lived through it. We expected to die. We learned not to trust in our own feelings and ourselves but to trust in God.”

• John 8:32 “the truth will set you free.”

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• Romans 12:19, “Don’t insist on getting even that’s not for you to do. I’ll do the judging and I’ll take care of it.”

• Lamentations 2:19, “Get up and pray for help all through the night. Pour out your feelings to the Lord as you would pour out a water out of a jug.”

• Jeremiah 29:11, “The plans I have for you are plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

• Job 11:13-19 “Give your whole heart to God and hold out your hands for him to help you. Then you will lift your face without shame, and you will stand firm without fear. Then all your troubles will fade from your memory like water under a bridge. Your life will be brighter than the sunshine at noon and life’s darkest hour will shine like the dawn. You will live secure and full of hope. God will protect you and give you rest. You won’t be afraid of your enemies. In fact, many people will ask you for help.”