Sometimes the hardest thing to have when you are depressed, is a loving heart. Why is it so important? Because you are not wrestling with flesh and blood. What that means is you are dealing with fallible people, who even at their best, are entirely capable of doing wrong, because we all deal with temptation from the evil one. I remember in high school, I had a teacher that told us that he and some of his friends in the army, helped out with a children's program; and he told us how it was impressed upon them that they smile and be pleasant to those children; the reason it was so stressed, is that they might be the only kind face that child sees that day. I hope that you get, that you are not the only one who is stressed, even when you are hurting.
The Scripture tells us that love covers a multitude of sins, and a loving heart can do so much more than one that is consumed by its own hurts. Look, if you tear yourself up on the inside; you are setting yourself up for a multitude of hurts. You will be constantly on the look out for retribution for the hurts you received, and there is nothing in the Bible to support that kind of mindset. But, I can't forgive: you got that straight and in buckets. You can't forgive, it is only when Christ is working in you, that you can be loving enough to forgive someone who hurt you. Remember: God is working; He never promised that it would be painless or that it would be easy, but it will be beautiful, when you let Him work out His will, in His way.
Listen to me, it is Satan that wants you isolated, hurt and closed-off from every one that you love. It is the love that God puts in your heart that opens you up to those around you, even the ones who hurt you. Loved one, please don't think I am recommending things to you, that haven't broken up the fallow ground of my own heart. Alone, is not how God intended you to be; single, maybe, but alone: absolutely not. Listen to me dear Christian, your work is people; loving them, caring about them, helping them and reaching them with the love of Christ. Loved one, God is working in you, and this is what it is to be held in His hand with a life that is open to His will and His way. Grace, mercy, peace and love flowing like a river; that is the work of our God. Hallelujah! Let Him work in your heart to day, dear sweet soul, let Him work in you today; so that love will win the day. Bless you all.
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