Something is hurting me now. It's not really any trial i am going through, or anything relating to me, really. Right now it's hurting me that others i know are hurting. I want to help, to be there for them, to fix their problems. I can't. Anything i do seems to be just... empty words. Dust in the wind. That's all. I want so much to draw them out, but so many times i'm stopped because of the fear of causing their wounds to reopen, and bring all that pain inside them back to the surface, and hurt them worse. Sometimes it's almost easy to sit hiding behind that smile, laughing and telling jokes, and pretend that you can't sense their hurt while you try to help them mask it. All the while, you know they sit with a fake smile, too, and you know you might have hurt them by this as much or more than bringing their pain out in the open. I don't know the solution here. I want to help - but i end up hurting. I can't, i know, but guess what - God can!! Only He really knows what truly goes on in our hearts and in the situation, more than we even do. So i guess there is one thing i CAN do for those that are hurting tonight. I can pray. That's what i'm going to go do now. I can't really say here what i truly want to say so i'm gonna go tell God. Goodnight.
Ps 46:1
"God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble"
Ps 50:15
"Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you will glorify Me."
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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I know exactly what you're talking about Nathan. I hate it when some of my friends are hurting and I know that there isn't much I can do. I never know quite how to act, or what they want. Do they want to talk about it? Do they need someone to listen to? Or are they just trying to move on and don't wanna talk? Because in the end, I'm trying to make them feel better. You're right, the best thing we could ever do for them is to pray. But sometimes it we still feel helpless, like we wanna do more than that. But dead down, I know that's really what I need to do and you can never go wrong with praying for someone, right?
Em
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