comingjoy
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BETRAYAL
(Learning To Let Go)
By Comingjoy 2-8-08
One of the greatest pains we can endure is when someone we love thrust the blade of a knife through our heart. I wonder why the pain still hurts long after the initial attack. It is only then when I looked down at the knife to see my own hand tightly gripping the handle.
The pain I had been feeling over and over, again and again has not been the hand of the loved one who initially stabbed me, but my own hand that has been twisting the blade and pushing it in further. It has in fact been my own hand not theirs that has refuse to let go and allow the knife to be pulled out. Instead of letting go of the hurt I have gripped tighter out of fear. The fear was that I would bleed to death from the pain if I let go.
The pain would only begin to subside when I acknowledge that it is in fact my own hand that has not let go and only Christ hand that can and will be able to remove the hurt the blade of betrayal caused. Christ is the only one who can pull the knife out from my heart with out causing me to bleed to death. Only when I acknowledge that it is by Christ power can the open wound begin to heal leaving a scar of what was.
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Share what betrayal can look like.
The act of betrayal can be the face of a spouse, friend, parent, sibling and from our own children. No matter if the act was or is by a friend who went behind our backs and shared something private, a co-worker who lied and caused us to loose the promotion, a relative who physically and or emotionally hurt us as a child, or when a parent or spouse walks out. It is when the face of the trusted loved one is accompanied by the act that causes the pain to go so deep into our heart.
We all can understand what it means to be betrayed and the pain it causes. If we are not careful we can develop a distorted view of what it means to be a friend and what it truly means to be loved. We need to learn to let go of the hurt and let Christ help us to heal.
Christ understands what it means to be betrayed. Not only did a friend with a kiss betray Christ. But every time we tell Him no and or turn our backs on Him and His ways, or when we choose to walk away from Him and His best for us. It is not Christ who causes the pain but the only one who can heal it and if we choose. He will then draw us closer to Him. By drawing closer to Christ we then can experience what He has and still goes through daily feeling the depths of His love for us.
(Learning To Let Go)
By Comingjoy 2-8-08
One of the greatest pains we can endure is when someone we love thrust the blade of a knife through our heart. I wonder why the pain still hurts long after the initial attack. It is only then when I looked down at the knife to see my own hand tightly gripping the handle.
The pain I had been feeling over and over, again and again has not been the hand of the loved one who initially stabbed me, but my own hand that has been twisting the blade and pushing it in further. It has in fact been my own hand not theirs that has refuse to let go and allow the knife to be pulled out. Instead of letting go of the hurt I have gripped tighter out of fear. The fear was that I would bleed to death from the pain if I let go.
The pain would only begin to subside when I acknowledge that it is in fact my own hand that has not let go and only Christ hand that can and will be able to remove the hurt the blade of betrayal caused. Christ is the only one who can pull the knife out from my heart with out causing me to bleed to death. Only when I acknowledge that it is by Christ power can the open wound begin to heal leaving a scar of what was.
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Share what betrayal can look like.
The act of betrayal can be the face of a spouse, friend, parent, sibling and from our own children. No matter if the act was or is by a friend who went behind our backs and shared something private, a co-worker who lied and caused us to loose the promotion, a relative who physically and or emotionally hurt us as a child, or when a parent or spouse walks out. It is when the face of the trusted loved one is accompanied by the act that causes the pain to go so deep into our heart.
We all can understand what it means to be betrayed and the pain it causes. If we are not careful we can develop a distorted view of what it means to be a friend and what it truly means to be loved. We need to learn to let go of the hurt and let Christ help us to heal.
Christ understands what it means to be betrayed. Not only did a friend with a kiss betray Christ. But every time we tell Him no and or turn our backs on Him and His ways, or when we choose to walk away from Him and His best for us. It is not Christ who causes the pain but the only one who can heal it and if we choose. He will then draw us closer to Him. By drawing closer to Christ we then can experience what He has and still goes through daily feeling the depths of His love for us.