This is the second part of my dish washing experience from last week!If you haven't read my previous post, it was about me washing drinking glasses like I normally do. When I picked up the second glass a big chunk broke off and my hand scraped the glass where it broke. I was shocked! I looked at my hand and I found that it was just a tiny scratch. I placed the cup beside the sink where no one would get hurt then I continued washing the dishes.
As I looked at that broken glass, which could of badly wounded me, it made me think of people in the "sink", our day to day life, who hurt us. Oh yes, it will happen. There are those who we minister to and try to help but all we get in return is sharp words/actions. I have been there and felt the sting and asked questions like, "Did I do something wrong?" "If I spent more time with this person would things have been different?"
We may never know why someone hurts us and walks away. It could be that we were just to be there for a short season. Maybe they didn't take hold of all we offered them. Maybe we planted or watered the seed in their hearts and God will use others to bring forth the harvest.
When I evaluated my tiny wound on my hand and kept going, I thought of how I have grown spiritually. Now days when I am wounded by someone I don't stop and shrink away from ministering to others from fear of being hurt. I stop and deal with the pain/wound by going to the Lord and then keep on going out to wash someone else.
What I want to tell you is don't be discouraged if you have been hurt by people the Lord sent you to minister to. Whatever wounds they may have left you with, go to the Father and be healed-then go right back out there and let God use you to minister to someone else. Don't be afraid to share your heart, time, gifts, and Kingdom truths with others again. Keep trusting the Holy Spirit to take you to every divine appointment He has for you and He will lead, guide and keep you.
When I evaluated my tiny wound on my hand and kept going, I thought of how I have grown spiritually. Now days when I am wounded by someone I don't stop and shrink away from ministering to others from fear of being hurt. I stop and deal with the pain/wound by going to the Lord and then keep on going out to wash someone else.
What I want to tell you is don't be discouraged if you have been hurt by people the Lord sent you to minister to. Whatever wounds they may have left you with, go to the Father and be healed-then go right back out there and let God use you to minister to someone else. Don't be afraid to share your heart, time, gifts, and Kingdom truths with others again. Keep trusting the Holy Spirit to take you to every divine appointment He has for you and He will lead, guide and keep you.
Be blessed, beloveds!
casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].
1 Peter 5:7
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