Hey!
Just logged in to this account for the first time in ages. I miss it!
Well I think it is time to maybe start writing again...I don't know if anyone checks this anymore. everyone is on facebook now!
Here's something I was thinking anyway-
Learning to take the lessons of the past with us into the future with us is harder than it seems.
If a child burns himself on a hot iron, he won't touch it again, in fact he wont go near it. Because it hurts!
In life we get burnt, we get hurt. We learn to protect ourselves. We don't go near the things again. We don't take the same risks, we don't step out in the same faith we once did. Because it hurts too much. We remember the pain of the failure, we have the burn scars on our hearts to prove it.
I picked up a hot iron today to iron my shirt and it didn't burn me. Because I know where to hold it. Imagine if I never learnt an iron has a handle...all the crinkled shirts I would have worn!
Maybe we can apply this to life. We need to pick up the things that potentially can hurt us again, just not the same way. Approach it differently.
Maybe you'll be surprised.
Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
1 comment:
hey ryan
wow i just was looking at my old blog- havent been on here since i was like 16! haha.
so i like what your saying in this blog. most ppl will shy away/stay clear from those things that hurt then. which is understandable but why do some ppl stick with it.. stay with people that hurt them or go back to harmful situations. is it because they know it, its familiar to them? whether good or bad.
i find that intesting who different situations will bring different outcomes for different people- so ppl will then chase after that familiarity even though they know its bad. and some like you say will lose faith and not live their full potential.
little side-tracked sorry. that was just the thing that stuck out for me.
:)
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