NOTE: Starting March 1 - I will be running a series of blogs
related to relationships and relationship issues. How we place value in people
over value in God and His word. How we take on excess baggage based on our
limited understanding and perception of who God says we are and what we know
about love....
Please believe that I
have struggled with and had my share of
personal experience....with and without the knowledge of God's word and will. I have run on self will and openly defied God
in this area albeit to apocalyptic results; so I ask you who better to speak on
the subject than a counselor and
minister with practical "hard knocks life" experience?
I'm just going to highlight a few scriptures and pose some
words and lessons for self examination
Ecclesiastes 7: 3 Sorrow [is]
better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the
heart is made better.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:
but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Psalm 119:50 “My comfort in my suffering is this: Your
promise preserves my life.”
Romans 8:18 “I
consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory
that will be revealed in us.”
We have a tendency to run the other way when the “giant” of
grief shows its shadow. We avoid our feelings at all costs…we lose ourselves in
busy work, comfort others and get involved in any and everything that keeps us
from dealing with the loss….I speak from personal experience on this subject!
What I have since learned is the core essence of Ecclesiastes
7: 3 “Sorrow is better than laughter,
for sadness has a refining influence on us” the tears we shed wash away the debris that prevents us
from accessing the power of the throne. The tears we shed heal the hurts. The
tears we shed are a sweet communion
When is the last time you've experienced the cleansing flood
of your own tears?!
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