One of the hardest things in life is to stay soft.
People will try to tear you down, indeed, even those closest to you will say hurtful things.
It’s so easy to just say “Fine! I’m done trying. I will no longer engage. I’m just going to go on and act pleasant on the outside while keeping up my walls so that no one can get in, so that no one can hurt me.”
This is not God’s desire for us. This is directly going against his plan. His plan is and always has been to speak truth over us where lies have been planted. His longing is to bring healing to our wounds.
Let me tell you a secret: Building walls may keep more hurt from coming in, but it also traps in the hurt you already have. What if your walls aren’t just keeping hurt out, but also keeping healing out?
It’s only in continuous opening ourselves up to the Father’s love and his view of us that we can get a correct view on others actions towards us and our response to them.
This isn’t a long, preachy post. It’s just a encouraging word: Stay soft, dear friends.
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I love this! So many times we think we are only building the walls to keep people out, but it is only keeping us in.
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Thanks Ashlyn 🙂
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I connect with this become I have been a wall builder who still needs the reminder to stay soft. God does His greatest work with those who remain pliable.
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Thanks for sharing this. I was about to start building walls yesterday, my heart was tired. But then I felt God speaking these words over me, and I decided to share them in case someone else needed them as much as I did.
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