How do you help someone who asks over and over again for help, but isn't open to hearing your thoughts. How do you sit back and watch them struggle and wretch against their pain that seems to oddly bring them comfort. Like a bear caught in a trap, they moan and scream to be set free...but approach with the tools to release the trap and you'll see the snarl of their teeth. Not even a chance to get close enough to bring them relief.
How odd is it that we find comfort in the complaining about our discomfort? Like the whining sound of our voice becomes white noise for our soul. Lulling us, soothing us, but never moving us.
When you're weary, there's always a friend. The pain you bear doesn't have to be anything more than a superficial wound. Let it go and find relief in the comfort of those God has placed around you. Healing may include healthy doses of "medicine" you don't like or "therapy" that hurts. Not all pain is bad. Trust the ones who love you. Trust that God will use them. He's for your good. Believe it today!
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It is difficult to be able to assist those who really relish in their own difficulties. Having lived most of my adult life 'enjoying' the attention that my "victim mentality" brought me, I can speak to the fact that truth is not being sought, but sympathy. The pain of having to change is greater than the pain being experienced by the difficulty.
Jesus encountered the invalid at the well and asked him if he REALLY wanted to bet well. His immediate response was to think of why he could not be well. His actions stated he wanted to be healed, but when faced with the reality that it was possible, it was a struggle to accept. Jesus, seeing through his ignorance, brought him to the place where healing was truly possible. Upon rising, and walking, he now had to face life from a different view point. Not everyone is ready for that change in perspective.
Those who understand the ease by which one can rise from being an invalid have had to learn it in the most difficult way. It is not until we are really at the end of our resources that we will, in fact, "let go and find relief in the comfort of those God has placed around" them. Some wounds take longer to heal because we fail to make the appointment with the One who can actually provide the medicine needed.
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