GETTING OVER HURTS

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily  Devotional)

Saturday 10th December 2016

Topic: Getting Over Hurts

Text: … Love…takes no account of the evil done to it [it
pays no attention to a suffered wrong]
(1Corinthians 13:5 AMP).

Often when people hurt us, we develop
subconscious mental lists of their faults. Most of
the time, we don’t deliberately formulate these
lists, but when someone mentions that person’s
name an entire host of hurtful memories
suddenly resurfaces. When First Corinthians 13:5
says that love doesn’t take account of the
hurtful things done to it, it is saying that love
doesn’t keep lists of the faults of others. Of
course, the devil will always make sure there are
plenty of people available to hurt you, especially
in the areas where you are the weakest. This
makes it even harder to tear up those lists and
the hurt keeps resurfacing. Eventually, if we are
not careful we form our future outlook and
actions based on some of the hurts from these
lists without even realizing it.
The only way to be free is to tear up your lists.
Perhaps you may even consider creating a literal
list of those who hurt you. Declare that you
forgive them, then finish by actually tearing up
the list. If we don’t tear up these lists, whether
literally or figuratively, they will always have the
power to come back and hurt us. Ask the Holy
Spirit to help you tear up your lists today so you
can be free!

PRAYER
Father, I choose to tear up every mental list today
regarding those who hurt me. I will not relive
these hurts in my mind. I forgive each person who
hurt me and ask You to forgive me for every
person I hurt also. Amen!

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Daniel
3:13-30,
Daniel 4:1-18
2 Peter 2 Proverbs
29:1-9