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1999-10-22 - He Hurt Me, So What?
Originally Published 1997-10-01
Ephesians 4:26 - Be angry and sin not: let not the sun
go down on thy wrath. (KJV)
Some things are pretty much guaranteed in this life: you're going to have
to pay taxes, you're going to die, and you're going to get hurt.
At some point in your life someone is going to say something or do something
that hurts you. Real or imagined, accidentally or on purpose; as sure as the
sun rises and sets, you are going to get hurt.
The true secret to the Christian life is learning to deal with the hurts.
I heard a story of two sisters who were angry with each other for over 30
years. They didn't talk to each other, they wouldn't even share the same
space with each other. Living in the same house, they had painted a line
down the middle of the house!
Ridiculous as it sounds, we do that all of the time. When someone hurts us,
we paint an invisible line around that hurt.
And in time, if we don't take care of it, that invisible line of hurt becomes
a wall of bitterness.
Job 21:25 - … another dieth in the bitterness of his
soul, and never eateth with pleasure. (KJV)
Bitterness robs us of so much: pleasure, health, joy, blessings, etc. A heart
that is bitter has a void; where bitterness lives, peace and love escape.
When I stand before God, as He reviews my life, He's not going to look at
the hurts that people have done me, pat me on my back and say, "Oh you poor
thing". Instead, He's going to look at the hurts and see how I reacted to
them.
1 John 4:20-21 - If a man say, 'I love God', and hateth
his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have
we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother, also. (KJV)
Psalm 5:1-3 - Give ear to my words, Oh Lord Consider my
meditation Hearken unto the voice of my cry My King and my God. For unto
Thee will I pray My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning. Oh Lord, in the
morning Will I direct my prayer Unto Thee and will look up. -King David
(KJV)
My dear Lord, help me to remember that You alone are
my Strength. Sometimes my feelings get hurt by the things that people do
or say. Lord, let me not dwell on my thoughts and on my feelings. Father,
You have told me to think about You. You have told me to think about Your
goodness, Your mercy, and Your love. Help me to remember that You are all
that counts in my life. Even if I were surrounded by friends, even if I had
the gold of millions, even if all of my life was spent in good health, even
if I had everything a man could wish for, Lord, if I had to spend one day
without You, that day would have been spent lonely, poor, and empty. Thank
You for this day. Thank You for allowing me to spend time with You. I love
You, Lord.
Amen
Oh, my dear Lord, so often I forget that I am not my
own. I forget that You made me, and You bought me back when I accepted the
death of Jesus as the payment for my sins that I committed against You. Oh,
Lord, so often I forget. But, I thank you that You remember that You love
me. I thank You that You have never forgotten me. Help me to remember You
in all I do.
Amen.
Sandi
cfdevsandi@yahoo.com
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