Everyone of us is hurt from time to time. Sometimes we are hurt intentionally by others and sometimes unintentionally. Some hurts are little and within a short time we forget about them. What I want to talk about are the times when we are hurt and time doesn’t seem to bring healing. Every time we think of the person who hurt us, the pain and anger wells up inside again. Most people do not know what to do and continue to live with the pain, which often gets worse with time. I believe that there are two things Allah wants us to do when we are hurt. If we do these two things, God will bring healing into our life.
The first thing to do when we are hurt is the simplest, but often overlooked. Simply pray and ask for God to help us. There is great power in prayer.
The second thing to do when we are hurt is more difficult, it does not come naturally. When we are hurt, God wants to teach us to forgive the person who hurt us. Many people have trouble with forgiveness, they think that forgiveness is letting the other person off the hook. Forgiveness is really about letting you off the hook, the hook of unforgiveness.
What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is simply yielding our right to get even with the person who hurt us. It is not saying that what they did was right, it is not saying that Allah will let them off the hook. It is giving up on revenge and praying for them. How can we forgive when the hurt is great? We can forgive as you remember that Allah has forgiven us We can forgive when we acknowledge that Allah is in control. Nothing that anyone will ever do to us can thwart God’s plan for our life. Allah is able to take even the worst of the hurts and turn it around for good for those who love God.
We’ve all been hurt in our lives by other people,may have been by our parents, by friends, by relatives, by employers or by our spouse. Often-times the deepest hurts are by those we are closest too. The ones we really want to love us the most sometimes hurt us the worst.
We’re all going to get hurt by people, we don’t have a choice in that. Our choice is how to respond to those who hurt us. Forgiveness opens the door to living in freedom. Our forgiveness of others releases God’s forgiveness toward us.
Forgive, even when it’s hard. Why must we forgive when it’s difficult, because Allah forgave us all the time when asked for forgiveness.
The first thing to do when we are hurt is the simplest, but often overlooked. Simply pray and ask for God to help us. There is great power in prayer.
The second thing to do when we are hurt is more difficult, it does not come naturally. When we are hurt, God wants to teach us to forgive the person who hurt us. Many people have trouble with forgiveness, they think that forgiveness is letting the other person off the hook. Forgiveness is really about letting you off the hook, the hook of unforgiveness.
What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is simply yielding our right to get even with the person who hurt us. It is not saying that what they did was right, it is not saying that Allah will let them off the hook. It is giving up on revenge and praying for them. How can we forgive when the hurt is great? We can forgive as you remember that Allah has forgiven us We can forgive when we acknowledge that Allah is in control. Nothing that anyone will ever do to us can thwart God’s plan for our life. Allah is able to take even the worst of the hurts and turn it around for good for those who love God.
We’ve all been hurt in our lives by other people,may have been by our parents, by friends, by relatives, by employers or by our spouse. Often-times the deepest hurts are by those we are closest too. The ones we really want to love us the most sometimes hurt us the worst.
We’re all going to get hurt by people, we don’t have a choice in that. Our choice is how to respond to those who hurt us. Forgiveness opens the door to living in freedom. Our forgiveness of others releases God’s forgiveness toward us.
Forgive, even when it’s hard. Why must we forgive when it’s difficult, because Allah forgave us all the time when asked for forgiveness.
