“Plankitis” Inability To See Clearly

Plankitis: Inability To See Clearly

9.25.21

By: Gina Guy-Warren

In my trauma counseling sessions, I am seeing an influx of fractured souls reaching out for help. Without a doubt, the healing power of the Lord is flowing throughout His entire church!  When your soul is not healed from a specific area of abuse, you will be unable to see the need for truth to be revealed in another person. As a matter of fact, you will reject the confessions of abuse because your own woundedness doesn’t contain the capacity to process this information.  When I was 5 years old, I was molested by my uncle, my mother’s sister’s husband. When I told my mom what my uncle had done to me, her response was that I had a bad dream. After telling me to go back to bed from a ‘bad dream,’ I was then instructed not to tell my Aunt. Shame and confusion were immediately projected upon my soul, because later in life it was revealed to me that she had been raped by her own father. It didn’t begin with her; my aunt experienced this too. The abused one isn’t believed because they think you’re a liar, but because they have never dealt with their own abuse. How can you help someone else if you’re still running from your own pain? My mother wasn’t emotionally capable of validating the trauma of her daughter, because her own childhood trauma as a girl had never been dealt with. You will respond to others differently when you’re whole in that area. These precious ones coming to me know this is their time to heal their fractured souls, 

I am discerning a disease infiltrating pulpits and platforms of America, and it’s what I am calling ‘Plankitis’. Matthew 7:5 states, “You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”  I am not speaking of valid exposures as some end-time warriors are courageously confronting, because there is a breed of warriors who have truly been healed from soul wounds and will fight to the death to expose perpetrators who hide behind the cloth and hurt others, including children. I understand there will be two responses when the evil deeds of those you’ve held in high esteem come to light. Either the church folks will support and believe your story, or they will call you judgmental and not operating in love, or even label you a witch! The latter response will result from two undeniable root causes in their own lives. Either they too are actively abusing or have abused others in the past, or they’ve never dealt with the root causes of their own abuse. If indeed the first response is in play, they will project their own soul wounds upon someone else. This behavior is easy to spot in leaders, especially with the tools of social media. When a person can’t deal with a situation, they respond by defending themselves too much. The hurt becomes so overwhelming that they cry out that they are being attacked, argue their point by defending their actions, and quickly blame the other party. The wounded and most often religiously infested soul will even go so far as to say it’s the devil bringing the attack. Projecting is easier for them because they are unable to face the root causes of their own pain. As a leadership ministry, especially to other leaders, when we deal with a leader who won’t speak to the person face to face, this behavior is indicative of soul wounds. They go on social media and hide behind messages and teachings that are infested with contamination. The hearer receives the message because it is delivered in a biblical manner, so it must be a word or teaching from the Lord. So you may be asking yourself, “How will I know if this teaching is full of soul wounds or strange fire, meaning witchcraft?’  Trust that God Himself is giving them one-on-one time to face their own PTSD and root causes of trauma. He is privately sending them messengers, and if they don’t heed the warning to go to the ICU (intensive care unit) for healing, He will publicly remove them. You will see untimely deaths as well as sickness that will take them out. Does this sound like a harsh statement? If so, your reaction may be the direct result of an unhealed soul wound. Warriors fighting for the innocent are full of the Lord’s righteous indignation. We know the sins of the fathers have been passed down for 3-4 generations, and we will make sure it stops with THIS generation. (Exodus 20:5-7) Infiltration has been at the foundations of the church for centuries, but mark my words: time is up. We will not be the silent majority!

I would like to offer a helpful tool. If you’re currently facing opposition from family members, co-workers, friends, or a brother or sister in Christ, don’t be so quick to blame the devil or even that person.  Look inward and see if there is any wickedness in your own heart. King David loved His Lord, and as a warrior on the battlefield, he experienced trauma after trauma. Talk about PTSD! Yet all throughout the Psalms he cried out to God to search his own heart! Remember, if you can’t reach out for a face-to-face meeting or a phone conversation, it’s because your own trauma is now emerging from your past. Texting, email, or Facebook Live is not facing your giants. It’s actually avoidance because you’ve disassociated long before due to your trauma. When we hide behind every possible reason not to speak directly with the person, that alone is a sign of your own woundedness.  For example, I find it curious how many Christians are able to point out democratic and republican hypocrisy, yet we can’t see it in our own lives. Don’t we see finger-pointing on the left, and immediately notice that they are doing exactly what they’re accusing others of? I tell you this very day, it’s happening in the body of Christ simultaneously! Jehovah Jireh provides exactly what you need and when you need it. Avoiding confrontation is simply a way of not dealing with the trauma of your past that your Father wants to heal. You may ask yourself why now, and the answer is that time is short and your destiny is too important to ignore. 

Pastors and Prophets will no longer be permitted to take platforms with open wounds. There was a TIME the Father allowed it, but no longer. He wants His children whole. We must deal with the PTSD caused by abuse and religion. As exposures continue to emerge, we must remember that if they are true believers in Yeshua, they have had ample time and have been sent many messengers to help them get free. Abuse and betrayal are no small offenses, but if we don’t deal with them, we too abuse and hurt others. The sign that a leader is operating out of hidden trauma will be their inability to speak openly and introspectively with the person they are in conflict with. They will be unable to have a face-to-face conversation, but will preach it to their followers. They will be more inclined to state they are being attacked demonically when, in fact, their defensive mode is safer than facing their own pain. You will see them point the finger away from themselves toward the one threatening their dynasty or platform! 

Hosea 4:4 (NLT) “Don’t point your finger at someone else and try to pass the blame! My complaint, you priests, is with you. So you will stumble in broad daylight, and your false prophets will fall with you in the night.”

God loves you so deeply that He is turning up the deliverance fire. We can either be purified by it or consumed in it. However, be advised: leaders will no longer be permitted to operate with these unchecked, traumatized soul ties. There must be purity coming forth from the altar because a great and mighty army is arising! I love what my husband, Pastor Brian “Mr. Unbreakable” Warren, said on The McFiles program the other night. “When two fighters enter the cage, the last words the referee says to the opponents are ‘keep your hands up and protect yourselves.” The church must no longer go on the defense but on the offensive.  An offensive stance requires the fighter to put pressure on his enemy and force them to react, making them defend themselves.  This will be how you can discern the wounded teacher! For the longest time, the church has been counter-fighting, meaning they wait to get picked off one by one and allow the enemy to put them in a corner. We’ve tolerated abuse and remained silent, because we too have been abused and we can’t overcome what we ourselves have refused to face. Let the healing begin!