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It's up to you how you respond.
It's hard to respond with grace or to respond in prayer when someone has hurt us. This may be the understatement of the year! 😀 LOL!
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It's also hard to not hold onto the hurtful words spoken because as I've said before, the old saying, "Stick and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me", while we can understand the sentiment behind it, it's really not the reality of life!
Why? Because while bones heal relatively quickly, it's the words spoken that tend to dwell in our hearts and minds for a long time!
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If we're honest, we all say and do dumb things when we're angry or hurt. We need The Lord's help to heal our hearts, minds, and to help us become more grace filled in our responses.
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We also need His help through His Holy Spirit to season our responses to other people when we've been wronged by them.
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Furthermore, we need to make sure we don't let the circumstances of life change who God is shaping us into. We are The Lord's, we're a product of His grace, and not merely a product of the circumstances, including the mistreatment, of life.
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Ultimately, how we respond is up to us and in the process we need God's help in responding as well as healing us from the flaming arrows that are hurled at us and leave scars along the way...scars that God can and will heal us from. I pray that we grow through these tough experiences and that they help us become better, more mature instead of bitter, ineffective, and crippled by these things.
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Read James 1:19, Colossians 4:6, Ephesians 6:18, and 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 for encouragement from God's Word.
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It's up to you how you respond.
It's hard to respond with grace or to respond in prayer when someone has hurt us. This may be the understatement of the year! 😀 LOL!
_
It's also hard to not hold onto the hurtful words spoken because as I've said before, the old saying, "Stick and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me", while we can understand the sentiment behind it, it's really not the reality of life!
Why? Because while bones heal relatively quickly, it's the words spoken that tend to dwell in our hearts and minds for a long time!
_
If we're honest, we all say and do dumb things when we're angry or hurt. We need The Lord's help to heal our hearts, minds, and to help us become more grace filled in our responses.
_
We also need His help through His Holy Spirit to season our responses to other people when we've been wronged by them.
_
Furthermore, we need to make sure we don't let the circumstances of life change who God is shaping us into. We are The Lord's, we're a product of His grace, and not merely a product of the circumstances, including the mistreatment, of life.
_
Ultimately, how we respond is up to us and in the process we need God's help in responding as well as healing us from the flaming arrows that are hurled at us and leave scars along the way...scars that God can and will heal us from. I pray that we grow through these tough experiences and that they help us become better, more mature instead of bitter, ineffective, and crippled by these things.
_
Read James 1:19, Colossians 4:6, Ephesians 6:18, and 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 for encouragement from God's Word.
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#faith #hope #truth #wisdom #life #encourage #encouragement #Jesus #HolySpirit #bible #scripture #GodsWord #heart #mind #soul #strength #christian #Christianity #christfollower #ashepherdsheart