Nothing But Feelings & A Softball Injury

so i was thinking the other day. yes i do that from time to time.

i was playing softball the other week and i injured myself sliding back into second base.

it was the dreaded brush burn. the injury that doesn’t really hurt at first but half an hour later you definitely feel it. then it scabs over and begins to heal. but the pain does not go away. NOOOO! it is a tender scab and it might not heal for 2-3 weeks.

i realize it’s the same way with being hurt emotionally, mentally or spiritually. you don’t always realize how much it affects you then BAM! you feel the pain or the loss. you do your best to take care of it but the pain doesn’t go away when you want it to. there is a time of healing, of tenderness. sometimes you might have a scar showing, the proof that you went through a difficult time. sometimes something won’t be healed or get fixed without outside help.

THAT is where God comes in. He will help heal us. He will help us through the difficult rehab process. He will be there to give advice on how we can grow and get better from a hurtful experience.

God will provide us with friends, colleagues, pastors, and random strangers to help us. He loves us that much!

here are a few verses that might help out:

(All are in NIV translation unless noted otherwise)

Job 16:5
But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

Psalm 86:17
Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Isaiah 49:13
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

2 Corinthians 1:3
[ The Rescue ] All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too. (The Message)

God Bless.