Today I would like to talk about when its necessary to take a hard stand with others. Truthfully, it can be a hard position to take especially when your heart is to encourage as many as you can but sometimes one reaches the end of their rope.
Earlier, I blocked someone and have no intention of unblocking them. I am very humbled when someone reaches out to me and asks me to pray for them or seek a word that the Lord may have for them. For those of you who have done so, know that I have but there is another type of person who reaches out for prayer when all they really want to do is to vent their story, line by line chapter after chapter and why today’s post is all about encouragement.
Jesus is the ultimate encourager and gave hope to everyone he encountered but he never minced words or truth. Encouragement is never stroking another to remain in their depression, we do so by sharing hope, spirit life changing scriptures and sometimes even by the word of our own testimony to help others. I understand we sometimes play the violin and sing “woe is me” but there must come a time when we choose to pick up another instrument and play a new song. I had many seasons that ran concurrently where I could have played the violin (and I did between me and God) and not only play it but carved it to my own liking.
The truth is, unless we grab onto a small nugget of hope and find reason to encourage ourselves no one else could for they will be received as empty words. When I was speaking with this person, we had dialogues that went back and forth before they said I was being harsh and rude. Stroking the feathers of a wounded bird will never help them to release the old and prepare to grow the new. There are some people who have drowned themselves in the mindset of “woe is me” that they never could hear the truth about hope faith and God. When people are deeply wounded, they find it difficult to see another page of their book. This message is for those who have taken the brunt of others who lavishly try to pour out their anger frustration and depression.
All we could do is pray for them but sometimes they must spend time with God alone. Going to person to person in hopes of trying to feel better could be a moot point when truth is shared and all they really wish to do is to dwell in their sorrows. Run to God, listen to sound advise from those who have given it instead of reasons for defending why you are frustrated with life and without hope.
By~ Linda Rose 🧚🏼♀️
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