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October 21 - November 1, 2024
“Trust is the oxygen of all human relationships.” A relationship without trust is a relationship without vulnerability and depth. A relationship without trust is void of the kind of love we were meant to give and receive. A relationship without trust is one with very little vibrancy and eventually no life at all.
But what if it does all work out? Now pause and let that new question have some space in your thoughts. I can make the choice to stop feeding the anxiety and instead start fueling hope by recounting the many everyday moments where God has come through for me and where things did work out.
Ecclesiastes 7:14: “When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.”
her research further revealed that “taking Tylenol actually reduced ‘hurt feelings’—experiences of social isolation and rejection.”
Healing requires tender care. I’m so very tender with others; I guess it’s time I learn to give myself that same level of compassion. It’s wise not to run with broken bones or rush through our broken hearts.
To see real progress here, you cannot work harder on someone than they are willing to work on themselves.
“Shallow roots and ants.”
“Their path to see God’s glory is different from mine.”
controlling others isn’t going to bring about the life we want. The illusion of control makes big promises but will never deliver. It won’t make us safer. It won’t prevent heartbreak from happening. It won’t make life less complicated. It won’t bring about what we are desperate for.
that which we don’t trust, we will try to control.
What happened was wrong. Acknowledge it. Speak it. Cry over it. But don’t die over it. You’ve been hurt, but you don’t have to live hurt.
Has there been a group of people or an organization you once trusted and respected who have hurt you like this?
the intensity of hurt has a driving energy that makes us seek validation for how wrongly things were handled.
Verbal retaliation is for the purpose of recruiting others to join us in tearing the church down.
