Maybe the best
thing is to not hide the pain behind anything that would numb it. Not to soothe
it with any previous methods you once used, but to allow yourself to feel the
full force of the anguish.
To cryTo scream
To feel.
Maybe in order
for a wound to heal we have to wash all the dirt out of it and allow it to air
dry before we can suture or bandage it up.
Maybe the
methods we’ve used in the past have not healed the hurt only hidden it.
Maybe it’s okay
to be disappointed or angry and plain ol’ upset.
Maybe in order
to move forward, we need to step back… Even
if it is uncomfortable to do so… Let the hurt out. Allow yourself. Have you
ever?
Maybe God is
trying to show you something about yourself that you haven’t wanted to see. Is He peeling your fingers off your own eyes?
Maybe sometimes
life hurts so badly that we don’t want to face the pain. What do you do in those moments? Deny
it? How many layers of denial is that
wound festering under?
“He came to set
the captives free.” (Luke 4:18)
Maybe gangrene
has set in and it’s time for us to allow God to operate. To take out the
infection.
Maybe it will
feel better if we endure the pain of God cleaning it out instead of the
continued familiar pain of carrying it ourselves. Not sacrificing long term pain for short term
gain by ignoring the fact that we’re hurting.
“A bruised reed
He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish.” (Isaiah
42:3)
“The Lord is
near the broken hearted and those crushed in spirit.” (Psalms 34:18)
Maybe it’s time
to change the song. To get rid of the refrain that has been engraved in your
mind and replace it with a new one.
Maybe it’s time
to make it better so that we can have it better.
Maybe we should
be careful for what we pray for because if we received it, we would really
realize that it wasn’t what it presented itself to be… Not God’s best AT ALL. The red flags should
not have been ignored.
Maybe our vision
was wrong and God has to correct our spiritual discernment, like an eye doctor
would correct our physical vision.
Maybe one day we
will rejoice that God allowed the door to close instead of feeling the pain of
that closure.
"The steps of the
righteous are ordained by God." (Psalms
37:23)
The only way we
are made “righteous” is by the precious blood of Jesus Christ who gave up His
life that YOU may have life.
Maybe sometimes
we just need to get out of our own way.
Stop blocking God’s best by what YOU think you want. For the truth of the matter is if it doesn’t
contain the fruit of the Spirit it’s not God’s best.
“But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. " (Galatians 5:22-23)
Maybe
if we do all of the above we shall be like:
“He makes my
feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.” (Psalms
18:33)
Maybe one day
(even if it is not today) we will realize the why of it and be able to rejoice
and praise God that He knows so much better than we do, and as we look around
and count our blessings (those that only came into being once we let go of what
we held so tightly, even to the point where God had to pry it out of our hands),
we can thank God that He knew what was best for us all along. Like a grown
child thanking a parent for their insight, wisdom and discipline; something at
the time they were not able to do.
Maybe, if your
hands are holding tight to something that you refuse to let go of, your fingers
are not open wide to receive. You
deserve the “more” that God has for you –
let go and open your hands to receive a blessing so wide you will not be
able to hold it with both hands!
“Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
(Hebrews 11:1)Just believe.
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