What do you do when you get hurt?
This morning at church I had the opportunity to get hurt. I call it an opportunity because at least I got hurt in church, just before worship started. So in the first song, I was just so upset and not feeling like praising God. My heart was just full of pain and I forced myself to sing the song anyway. Thank God by the second song I really meant what I was singing and well I was able to open my hurting heart to God and I felt really good by the time church ended. So this opportunity taught me a few things. Firstly getting hurt just before worshipping God meant I carried the pain for a shorter time. If it had happened anywhere else, I would have been so hurt, telling God how much pain was in my heart and in the process magnifying and experiencing it more. so instead I lifted my heart and declared the goodness of the God I serve. Secondly it taught me the power of worship. When we open our mouths and declare that God is good it lifts the focus off of me onto the magn...