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bluidkiti · 03-21-2014, 10:41 AM

So Many Hurts
by Max Lucado

If hurts were hairs—we’d all look like grizzlies! So many hurts. When teachers ignore your work, their neglect hurts. When your girlfriend drops you, when your husband abandons you, when the company fires you, it hurts. Rejection always hurts.

People bring pain. Sometimes deliberately. Sometimes randomly. So where do you turn? Hitman.com? Jim Beam and friends? Pity Party Catering Service? Retaliation has its appeal, but Jesus has a better idea! Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But Grace chooses to see God’s forgiveness even more. Hebrews 12:15 urges us, “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.”

Where grace is lacking, bitterness abounds. Where grace abounds, forgiveness grows. Forgiveness may not happen all at once. But it can happen with you.

From GRACE

MajestyJo · 03-21-2014, 01:19 PM

So many hurts, and we forget that they run deep and we need to get to the root of them in order to heal. As much as we don`t want to deal with them and want to ignore them, they are there, and left unattended, they fester and grow.

When I woke up, I remembered a dream which I don`t often do. It was about an ex-boyfriend who relapsed. When I processed it, I felt there may have been several reason, 1) He died, 2) He needs healing and prayer, and 3) I had feelings and hurts from that relationship that still needed to be let go of and healed.

He was the guy who bought me my computer. There was a lot of resentments and hurts related to our 4 year relationship.

03-21-2014, 10:41 AM	#1
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,272	So Many Hurts So Many Hurts by Max Lucado If hurts were hairs—we’d all look like grizzlies! So many hurts. When teachers ignore your work, their neglect hurts. When your girlfriend drops you, when your husband abandons you, when the company fires you, it hurts. Rejection always hurts. People bring pain. Sometimes deliberately. Sometimes randomly. So where do you turn? Hitman.com? Jim Beam and friends? Pity Party Catering Service? Retaliation has its appeal, but Jesus has a better idea! Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But Grace chooses to see God’s forgiveness even more. Hebrews 12:15 urges us, “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” Where grace is lacking, bitterness abounds. Where grace abounds, forgiveness grows. Forgiveness may not happen all at once. But it can happen with you. From GRACE __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

03-21-2014, 01:19 PM	#2
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	So many hurts, and we forget that they run deep and we need to get to the root of them in order to heal. As much as we don`t want to deal with them and want to ignore them, they are there, and left unattended, they fester and grow. When I woke up, I remembered a dream which I don`t often do. It was about an ex-boyfriend who relapsed. When I processed it, I felt there may have been several reason, 1) He died, 2) He needs healing and prayer, and 3) I had feelings and hurts from that relationship that still needed to be let go of and healed. He was the guy who bought me my computer. There was a lot of resentments and hurts related to our 4 year relationship. __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

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