Lord, help the hurts that are so embedded in our hearts that we don’t even know they’re there. We just see the results in our relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe a spouse didn’t live up to their end, a child was a disappointment, your parents gave up on their marriage\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is just\u2026different, now that we’re dealing with the after-effects of other people’s
\u2026 decisions,
\u2026 destructive lifestyles,
\u2026 white flags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does life ever get better? Do we walk around the issues we’ve been dealt? Put on our social face & pretend they don’t exist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that’s our first instinct: to privately grieve; then, publicly move on with life with a smile as a mask for what’s going on inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When our mind goes to that hurt, we sort of kick a little dirt over it to get it out of our thoughts & go on with our day. Over time, we end up burying it so deeply that the cause of our attitudes & the reasons we interact the way we do are completely covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But God’s answer to all of our situations is summed up in a simple verse, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (1 Peter 5:7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if we began to do things God’s way? How different would life be if we exhumed our hurts and problems and gave them away to Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can do that. His shoulders are bigger, His back stronger. He’s not limited by human weaknesses. He is Almighty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And He cares for you\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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