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When past pain flares, remember God cares:
He cares so much He wants to comfort and heal you more deeply.
Have you ever seen something which suddenly took you back to a past trauma? Perhaps it is something from which you thought you had long since healed. Recently, I saw something which caused a vivid memory of a death scene of a loved one, with whom I was present when she joined the Lord. It was out of the blue, and it caused me pause. I realized that the Lord wanted to heal me more deeply from that painful experience.
Sometimes, present circumstances remind people of past pain and people feel shocked by a resurfacing surge of hurt. People shelve pain and believe that they have gotten past the past. Yet, when things in the present cause a pain flare in the heart, it is important to realize how much God cares and desires to heal the pain rather than continuing to stuff it and letting it fester.
The Lord wants to set you free. Don't allow past pain to grow into present paranoia to imprison you from experiencing God's best for you now. You are loved by God. He cares. And real Christians love you and care, too. Leave room for misunderstandings to be clarified. Be wise, but don't freeze in fear-based skepticism when encountering encouragement and hope in Christ.
Ask the Lord to increase your childlike faith in Him and just trust Jesus. Take His words to heart: "He called a little child and set him before them, and said, 'I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self—your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:2-3, AMP).
Keep trusting Christ! God supplies amazing plot twists for His children. Remember: Romans 8:28 remains Rock-solid truth!
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28, NKJV).
When you and I give past and present pain to Christ, He uses it to give us His best in the end: God uses it to form us into Christ's most perfect image all while using it to draw others to Himself to be saved (Romans 8:18; I Corinthians 1).
God will make all things right. Yes, God knows what He is doing. And, one glorious day, so will we! We will see Him face to face and discover that, had we known what He knew, we would have asked Him to do what He did. Yes, we will see perfectly when we are with Him! And that, my friends, is very comforting indeed. Amen?
-Stacie Stoelting Hudzinski, (www.PrayingPals.org)
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