Embrace The Thorns

Kristine Cucinotta Murphy

If someone hurts us badly, we didn’t handle them right.

Proverbs 19:23 – The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

We can’t blame someone for hurting us with their thorns. Nor, how hard we grabbed on or refused to let go.

Isaiah 41:10 – Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

We need to look at how we touch others.

Psalms 138:7 – Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Even the most experienced and wise of them all get hurt by someone else’s thorns. But, they don’t bleed to death. They love until death.

Isaiah 54:17 – No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.

Trust the process.

John 14:12 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Even the most experienced and wise of them all get hurt by someone else’s thorns. But, they don’t bleed to death. They love until death.”