From Darkness to Divine Peace: My Journey to Healing
Hi, I’m Rhonda
For four long years, I lived in a shadow. Despite being a believer, I battled a deep, heavy depression that felt impossible to lift. I did everything I was “supposed” to do: I prayed, I went to counseling, and I tried medication. But the relief I was looking for remained just out of reach.
Everything changed one afternoon in a school parking lot.
Overwhelmed by emotional pain, I sat in my car and just started to breathe. With every exhale, I whispered, “I release this pain.” After just ten minutes of focused breathing and leaning into God’s presence, something miraculous happened—the pain vanished. In that stillness, I heard God’s voice clearly: Your thoughts are the root.
I realized I had been “renewing my mind” with criticism and negativity instead of His truth. That day was the beginning of my restoration.
The Birth of The Christian Meditator
Over the next six months, I developed a practice of combining deep relaxation with specific Holy Scriptures to quiet my mind and banish negative thinking.
Not only did my depression lift, but my intimacy with God deepened in ways I never thought possible through silence and solitude.
In 2005, I felt led to share these tools with other believers who were “silently struggling.” What started as a single CD, Controlling Negative Thoughts, has grown into a library of over 100 Christ-centered meditations, affirmations, and the Help Me God! Change My Life program.
Today, I’ve had the privilege of helping hundreds of thousands of believers worldwide move from “surviving” to “thriving.”
Christian meditation is simply learning to “take every thought captive."
My Faith and Philosophy
If you’ve ever felt hesitant about the word “meditation,” I want to put your heart at ease. My faith is firmly grounded in the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ, whom I’ve followed since I was 21.
I believe that Christian meditation is simply the “somatic” (body-centered) way we fulfill the command to “take every thought captive” (2 Corinthians 10:5). It isn’t about emptying the mind; it’s about filling it with the manifest presence of God.
Need Rhonda’s Bio?
This evening I’d like to introduce you to our guest instructor, Rhonda Jones. It was meditation integrated with the scriptures that helped Rhonda overcome years of depression, find inner healing, and draw closer to God. This motivated Rhonda to create The Christian Meditator website in 2005 to share this transformative and healing practice with others. Since then, Rhonda has impacted many all over the globe with her original guided meditations and other resources. In addition, she is the author of The Christian Meditation Journal, Detox Your Life and Awaken Your Inner Spirit, the UnPlug Retreat Kit, and several Christian Meditation courses. Rhonda is also the owner and facilitator of God Getaways, where she has hosted international Christian meditation retreats in California, Italy, Costa Rica, and Mexico. You can learn more about Rhonda at https://thechristianmeditator.com.
