We get hurt in this life and hurts create wounds that live with us and become apart of us just like our skin or our hair. Wounds are tricky because they can impact both how we speak and how we listen. It is critical in this walk of a Believer that you take the time to learn about yourself on a deep level and let the Holy Ghost show you the patterns of your life and the areas of your life that reflect healing and wholeness as well as the areas and patterns of your life that are being operated in from a place of being wounded.
As Believers we are not meant to walk this journey out alone. But a key point in being an ambassador for the kingdom and a helper to your brother and sister in Christ is having the ability to discern if you are operating from a wounded place or whole place. Too often we have not been able to receive wise counsel because it triggered in us a wound that then hindered us to not receive fully what was being offered to enrich and benefit. Alternatively, we must be very careful as we speak to others that we don't advise and counsel out of our wounded places but out of our victories and out of who we serve for we do not want to hinder someone else on their journey or cause them to be disenchanted with God and living for Him.
This ability to discern oneself is a process. We must seek God to help us see ourselves clearly. It is critical that we learn through the revelation of the Holy Ghost how to operate in a way that doesn't hurt us and those we come in contact with. Wounds may stay and be an ever present reminder of things we wished we did not endure but they do not define us. We are defined by our victory to overcome and not be ruled by them if we are diligent enough and strategic enough to discern our words and actions and to operate in the gift of wholeness available to each of us through Christ.
We know the benefits of wise counsel. Let's choose to be wise in how we obtain and in how we offer council to others. We must remember and strive to purposefully live in wholeness and not operate out of our broken or hurt places. This is an essential practice and must be done and can be done as longe as we are willing to remain vulnerable and teachable to the leading and guiding of the Holy Ghost. In doing so we can be great stewards and recipients of the counsel needed to live and run this race for Christ.
Journal Entry: Lord please help me to discern if I am speaking out my brokenness or out a place of wholeness. Lord I don't want to miss the lessons and the wisdom you have to share with me because I’m still hurt. Help me not to hinder someone's walk with you by the words I am speaking. Show me my wounded areas and teach me how to be led by you and not my wounds.
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