There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.Proverbs 12:18
These words are for sure not words of endearment to make you feel warm and cozy but instead invoke hurt, pain, and offense. Yours truly has been labeled at one time or another all three of these and then some.
Have people called you names or labeled you something degrading and hurtful? Maybe slut, boozer, freak,easy, stupid, lazy, druggy, queer, wimp, you get the idea. Jesus would not be calling names but would instead be calling the wounded to his side. He loves you.
Jesus came to set the captives free. I mention the movie ‘Redeeming Love’ a good deal and that is because it tells a fictional account of a girl sold into prostitution at age 8 but later as an adult redeemed by the unconditional love of a man who heard from God to marry her. Do not let labels identify you that may have been put on you by jealous, misled souls who were perhaps struggling in their own lives. Make a new path and follow it brushing off the hurts that stuck in you like arrows.
PRAYER: Your love flows over me like an ocean. Your love knows no bounds no matter what is in my past. Help me show forgiveness and love even to those whose daggers have pierced my soul. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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