#throughtsofthelord

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For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)

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It is not expected of us to be thankful FOR everything but IN everything in all circumstances, good or bad

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When feelings get hurt

Have you ever had your feelings hurt? So much so that it’s made you question if you dug your own grave or helped correct an error.

People do it all the time, say something and not realize the true impact of their words. The true impact and how it will affect the other person. What I find annoying is when someone knows they have said something hurtful it’s mean so just to soften the blow they put an “LoL” at the end of the paragraph #Seriously let’s discuss this for a second shall we. That irritates ME. Why write a hurtful paragraph to someone and you know it’s a hurtful paragraph because just in Luke 6:45 (NIV)

“For out of the abundance of the heart the moth speaks”

So you know exactly what you are saying and exactly what will hurt that person. So please, please for those of you out there who think that “LoL” at the end of the paragraph will really make us laugh out loud in that moment it won’t so stop doing it.

#CoolDays with that addressed, feelings can still be hurt I wanted to be a lawyer , so bad it was my dream for a long time. I knew the career, loved it in fact and everyone around ME knew that I was going to be a lawyer, it was all I ever talked about and all I ever wanted since the age of 10 BUT what I didn’t realize is that all I was, was defined by whether or not I would be a lawyer or not. I put my entire identity in it. Who I was , was defined by a career I thought was right for ME. I couldn’t separate the two. I had to get my feelings hurt to realize that even if I didn’t become a lawyer GOD still had a great plan for ME

Feelings get hurt all the time, if fact right now someone has just read, heard, seen or even witnessed something and it had hurt their feelings BUT when GOD is doing the hurting you gotta know that He is doing it for a reason.

King David experienced this;

While David’s men where at war David stayed behind in Jerusalem. NOW before I continue you must know how odd this was, a king not going to war with his troops #Legit #VeryOdd. One morning he woke up and saw a beautiful woman by the name of Bathsheba. He enquired about her and found out she was married to Uriah the Hittite. Filled with the same emotions that still exist on a daily basis today David slept with Bathsheba and she became pregnant BUT now he had to cover his tracks. He brought Uriah home in order for him to sleep with his wife in order to cover his tracks BUT unfortunately Uriah could not sleep with his wife while there was a war going on. So David then turned to extreme measures and placed Uriah the Hittite in the front line and he then died. Bathsheba then married and gave birth to David’s son. Displeased with all David had done the LORD then rebuked David. Killing his son.

(2 Samuel chapters 11 &12-NIV)

Now that is just gut-retching. David knew GOD was going to take away his son and he prayed and feasted to the LORD in hopes that He would not take his son away BUT He did. There are no words #Seriously.

BUT when David had learnt the lesson he needed to, after his feelings had been unimaginably hurt the LORD then blessed his with another son which they named Solomon

So just like David you might have made some bad decisions and now your feelings are hurt, it won’t last forever. You will heal you just have to realize that sometimes your feelings have to get hurt fir a greater plan ahead of you

So GOD gave you a set back BUT remember that it’s only a setback for a greater come back o be strong

regardless of an “LoL” at the end of a paragraph or not.

You see Jesus got His feelings hurt many times. People think Jesus just came to save the world& #Legit He did but He also came to restore and #Honestly change people’s perspectives on many things. Many people think that when Adam and Eve sinned it didn’t hurt GOD’s feelings. It did. When the Isrealities would have rather being ruled by Phorah than walk around in the desert with Moses under the rule of GOD. It hurt His feelings. When Judus betrayed him. It hurt His feelings and when Peter denied Him x3 times, again it hurt His feelings. GOD was always getting His feelings hurt BUT it’s how He reacted which is important

He didn’t throw a fit and say ugly things He simply accepted it, He knew that all this was for a greater plan. A plan that sometimes we as people tend to forget.

NOW I’m not saying that hurting people’s feelings is justified because it might just be for a greater plan because #Legit it’s not. It’s not right for your parents to not take your dreams seriously. To crush them and force you to conform to sociality norms. What I’m saying is sometimes GOD hurts your feelings right now because He has a better plan…