Keith Craft: You need to heal from what hurt you, so that you don't block what can help you.
You need to heal from what hurt you, so that you don't block what can help you.
The thought behind the quote
From the very first day you were born, the enemy of your soul has designed a plan to hurt you. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” - John 10:10 NKJV
The enemy doesn’t want to just hit you, he wants to HURT you! The only way that ANY HIT can ever really hurt you, is if YOU decide to STAY HURT!
You stay hurt when:
Read the full thought
you won’t forgive you create a story in your mind about not only what happened but how what happened HURT YOU you keep telling the story you have created OVER AND OVER you get offended and you refuse to get over it you give in to self-pity you choose to be a victim you focus on what you have lost and not what you have left! you make people your enemy • you don’t trust the Lord because you want to understand WHY...why did this happen? Why did this happen to me?
The devil knows the aforementioned about YOU and guess what his favorite game is? TO PLAY YOU AGAINST YOU...and show God how smart he is...by MOCKING YOU and God!!
Do you want to get well? Do you want to be happy? Do you want to enjoy life? If so, do the following:
Choose to forgive STOP being mad at them...get made at the devil for playing YOU Refuse to keep developing a spirit of offense and start developing a spirit of resilience! GET UP! GET OVER IT! GET ON WITH IT! With what? Your life and the great future God has for you!
"The things that hurt you the most have the power to help you the most." @leadershipology
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