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 Healing from hurt We all get hurt at some point in our lives. It may be intentional or unintentional hurt from another person. At times, we hurt ourselves when we put ourselves in situations that are not good for us. We get hurt when we have expectations and those expectations are not fulfilled or met. We get hurt when we give with the expectation of receiving back and then that fails to happen. We get hurt when we continue to pursue something or someone that is not good for us; when we keep entertaining people in our lives who are after us to get us and bring us down; when we allow other people to abuse us without us putting a stop to it and putting up boundaries. We experience hurt when we allow other people to impose their wrong or negative expectations on us, when we allow bad behavior from others, when we allow others to do wrong over and over again without consequences. Others can hurt us when they do or say something that offends us. Some offenses are usually unintentional...

Know the season you are in Life is full of seasons, and if we do not recognize this truth we will become stuck in one season longer than necessary. There is nothing permanent in this world, all shall pass away. From birth to death, we go through seasons. Each day brings something new. The Bible tells us there is an appointed time for everything, and there is a time for every event under heaven. When we are on the right path, that is following God's will for our lives, we will realize everything falls into place. We do not have to force ourselves on people or circumstances. We should not compromise our values in order to attract or retain anything or anyone in our lives. If God meant it to be, it will come to pass. Trouble sets in when we force our will on things or people; when we do things out of God's order, when we do not ask God what He wills in our lives. We keep pushing using our human strength, and soon, we grow weary, we become frustrated. We ask, why are things not wo...

 How to leave the past behind and move on One trick of the enemy is to condemn us because of the past words or actions. We dwell on what people did or said to us or what they did not do or say. We dwell on what should have been, and what ifs. The enemy instills in us guilt, shame and condemnation. He wants us to remain in the past because he knows that when we are busy obsessing about the past, we cannot see what God is currently doing, and neither can we see what God has in store for us. There is a difference between godly and worldly sorrow. Worldly sorrow brings regret and eventually death; whether spiritual or bodily or both. But godly sorrow leads to repentance and eventually salvation. Worldly sorrow makes us a slave to our past, it leads to guilt, shame, grief, condemnation, and judgement. We begin to identify with our mistakes, we start thinking our lives are a mistake. We become worn-out, depressed, and we lose ourselves. We start listening to what other people are tellin...

 Become who God created you to be We are meant to be; being ourselves in the true and best version and in a God-honoring way. We have become a copying society; we copy other people's way of talking, way of walking, way of dressing, and way of life. Most of us want to be like 'others'; those that seem to have a better life, those that seem to talk better, dress better; those that seem to have a more interesting and perfect life. We want to be like 'them'. It always seems enticing, the grass seems greener with other people. That makes us become discontent in who we are. It is hard to be ourselves and live God-honoring lives when we are busy trying to be other people. God created us unique; we are equal but different. Our lives cannot and will never be the same. Each of us is so different, and with different gifts. Our personalities are different, our outlook on life is different, and our perspectives are different. We are on the journey of life but our paths will alw...