Getting up when knocked down #3
Update: 2025-07-06
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Getting up when knocked down. #3
The hurt that heals
(Like a physical injury it takes time and proper discipline it will heal)
By Pastor George Lehman
No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.
Story of a man on an island:
A man gets stranded on an island, spend hours praying for God to come to his rescue, He builds a hut out of every piece of plant material and wreckage he can find. He goes off to look for food after 4 weeks of being stranded and still trusting God to send help to save him. From a distance he suddenly sees smoke on the other side of the island. He thinks it’s a boat that has come to rescue him and he starts running back to his humble little hut he build, just to find that it is his hut that is on fire! Distraught, he shouts and cries out to God why the only thing that protects me was allowed to burn, God why have you forsaken me?. Later, through his tears and cries of anguish, he hears something from a distance – it was a boat! Safely rescued and on the ship, He asked the people on board how they knew that he was there. They replied that they had seen the huge cloud of smoke coming from the island.
Nobody likes to be hurt. Whether it is physical or mental.
Pain can be traumatic.
Throughout history, philosophers, religious thinkers and intellectuals have tried to decode pain.
Medical researchers devote millions of dollars every year to find drugs to alleviate pain.
Dealing with pain and hurt is an important part of growing up.
We can all understand physical pain.
However, emotional pain can be just as devastating, often more so!
People react to pain differently.
The anguish (angs) that results from emotional abuse, the loss of a loved one, a job termination, a friends’ betrayal, divorce, disease, and disasters can make us physically sick and overwhelm us that we can barely function. (I know you know.)
Many people question God, raising their faces and fists towards heaven and asking God, WHY?
Hurting people tend to hurt people.
It’s so hard to believe that healing is possible when you are experiencing deep pain.
Jesus understands your pain, whether you are ready to believe that or not.
What sickness can we suffer that could equal the pain of the scourge* that Jesus went through for you and me?
*(whip to inflict severe punishment or suffering).
The pain of rejection (He came to His own but His own received Him not.
Isaiah 53:3 (NIV) – He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
He was betrayed and carried the shame of the cross.
Hebrews 12:2 (NIV) – Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
There is nothing we can go through that Jesus hasn’t experienced so we can overcome!
Hebrews 2:18 (Amp) – For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering].
Our hurts and sufferings give us a new ability to demonstrate the compassion we receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (Amp) – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement), Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God. (This tells us God comes to the rescue)
When you’re stuck in a bad place physically or emotionally, pain can point us toward true healing.
I want to encourage you to consider the following steps designed to move you through and beyond the process of hurts to healing growth.
It will work if you give this a chance.
#1 Invite the pain in.
Many of us are programmed as kids to believe it’s wrong to display emotion. ---- We learn to bury the evidence of painful feelings.
The problem with suppressing our pain, it shows up in a variety of forms.
Anger, anxiety, frustration, depression, sleeplessness, irritability, headaches and more.
It affects our relationships and leads to isolation.
It takes courage to open yourself to your hurts.
You open the way for God to bring healing to your life.
Self-pity comes when you lose the intimacy with Jesus.
1 Peter 2:19 (NIV) – For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God.
#2 Find someone to talk with.
Often the best way to deal with inner turmoil is to talk about it.
Identify a friend or a mentor someone who will listen without judging or giving you super spiritual advice.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
#3 Don’t rush major decisions.
Pain and grief exert enormous pressure on our emotions.
In the midst of suffering, it’s not a good time to make important or permanent life’s decisions.
What you’re going through will pass – you don’t want to create further hurt by making wrong decisions.
#4 Trust God to bring good from your hurt.
1 Samuel 30:4(Amp) – Then David and the men with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
1 Samuel 30:6 (Amp) – David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
Those of us who believe in God often blame Him for our troubles and pain.
God does not promise His followers a pain free existence.
Jesus told His disciples…
John 16:33 (Amp) – I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]
NB!!!! Many believe and have the view that it means: deliverance from trouble - No it’s deliverance in trouble.
God does not give us an overcoming life, He gives us life as we overcome.
The strain is the strength, no strain, no strength, no perseverance, no endurance, no pain no gain.
Paul to the Thessalonica church…
1 Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV) – So that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them.
What then, is the purpose of our pain from God’s perspective?
God allows suffering to be a part of our lives to develop our faith, our character and spiritual condition.
Paul asked the same question of God…
2 Corinthians 12:8 (NIV) – Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. (A messenger of Satan to torment Paul)
God’s answer…
2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) – But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. ” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
One day I believe, we will discover that whatever the hurt, pain or sufferings were, were individually tailor made for us.
I walked a mile with pleasure
she chattered all the way
but left me none the wiser
for all she had to say.
I walked a mile with sorrow
and ne’er a word said she
but oh, the things I learned from her
when sorrow walked with me.
All the hurt and trials and sufferings we are subjected to throughout our lifetime cannot be compared with the eternal life that awaits all God’s children.
Romans 8:17-18 (NIV) – Now if we are children, then we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
It’s like a prick of a needle compared to the joy of eternity.
The hurt that heals
(Like a physical injury it takes time and proper discipline it will heal)
By Pastor George Lehman
No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.
Story of a man on an island:
A man gets stranded on an island, spend hours praying for God to come to his rescue, He builds a hut out of every piece of plant material and wreckage he can find. He goes off to look for food after 4 weeks of being stranded and still trusting God to send help to save him. From a distance he suddenly sees smoke on the other side of the island. He thinks it’s a boat that has come to rescue him and he starts running back to his humble little hut he build, just to find that it is his hut that is on fire! Distraught, he shouts and cries out to God why the only thing that protects me was allowed to burn, God why have you forsaken me?. Later, through his tears and cries of anguish, he hears something from a distance – it was a boat! Safely rescued and on the ship, He asked the people on board how they knew that he was there. They replied that they had seen the huge cloud of smoke coming from the island.
Nobody likes to be hurt. Whether it is physical or mental.
Pain can be traumatic.
Throughout history, philosophers, religious thinkers and intellectuals have tried to decode pain.
Medical researchers devote millions of dollars every year to find drugs to alleviate pain.
Dealing with pain and hurt is an important part of growing up.
We can all understand physical pain.
However, emotional pain can be just as devastating, often more so!
People react to pain differently.
The anguish (angs) that results from emotional abuse, the loss of a loved one, a job termination, a friends’ betrayal, divorce, disease, and disasters can make us physically sick and overwhelm us that we can barely function. (I know you know.)
Many people question God, raising their faces and fists towards heaven and asking God, WHY?
Hurting people tend to hurt people.
It’s so hard to believe that healing is possible when you are experiencing deep pain.
Jesus understands your pain, whether you are ready to believe that or not.
What sickness can we suffer that could equal the pain of the scourge* that Jesus went through for you and me?
*(whip to inflict severe punishment or suffering).
The pain of rejection (He came to His own but His own received Him not.
Isaiah 53:3 (NIV) – He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
He was betrayed and carried the shame of the cross.
Hebrews 12:2 (NIV) – Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
There is nothing we can go through that Jesus hasn’t experienced so we can overcome!
Hebrews 2:18 (Amp) – For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering].
Our hurts and sufferings give us a new ability to demonstrate the compassion we receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (Amp) – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement), Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God. (This tells us God comes to the rescue)
When you’re stuck in a bad place physically or emotionally, pain can point us toward true healing.
I want to encourage you to consider the following steps designed to move you through and beyond the process of hurts to healing growth.
It will work if you give this a chance.
#1 Invite the pain in.
Many of us are programmed as kids to believe it’s wrong to display emotion. ---- We learn to bury the evidence of painful feelings.
The problem with suppressing our pain, it shows up in a variety of forms.
Anger, anxiety, frustration, depression, sleeplessness, irritability, headaches and more.
It affects our relationships and leads to isolation.
It takes courage to open yourself to your hurts.
You open the way for God to bring healing to your life.
Self-pity comes when you lose the intimacy with Jesus.
1 Peter 2:19 (NIV) – For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God.
#2 Find someone to talk with.
Often the best way to deal with inner turmoil is to talk about it.
Identify a friend or a mentor someone who will listen without judging or giving you super spiritual advice.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
#3 Don’t rush major decisions.
Pain and grief exert enormous pressure on our emotions.
In the midst of suffering, it’s not a good time to make important or permanent life’s decisions.
What you’re going through will pass – you don’t want to create further hurt by making wrong decisions.
#4 Trust God to bring good from your hurt.
1 Samuel 30:4(Amp) – Then David and the men with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
1 Samuel 30:6 (Amp) – David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
Those of us who believe in God often blame Him for our troubles and pain.
God does not promise His followers a pain free existence.
Jesus told His disciples…
John 16:33 (Amp) – I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]
NB!!!! Many believe and have the view that it means: deliverance from trouble - No it’s deliverance in trouble.
God does not give us an overcoming life, He gives us life as we overcome.
The strain is the strength, no strain, no strength, no perseverance, no endurance, no pain no gain.
Paul to the Thessalonica church…
1 Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV) – So that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them.
What then, is the purpose of our pain from God’s perspective?
God allows suffering to be a part of our lives to develop our faith, our character and spiritual condition.
Paul asked the same question of God…
2 Corinthians 12:8 (NIV) – Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. (A messenger of Satan to torment Paul)
God’s answer…
2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) – But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. ” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
One day I believe, we will discover that whatever the hurt, pain or sufferings were, were individually tailor made for us.
I walked a mile with pleasure
she chattered all the way
but left me none the wiser
for all she had to say.
I walked a mile with sorrow
and ne’er a word said she
but oh, the things I learned from her
when sorrow walked with me.
All the hurt and trials and sufferings we are subjected to throughout our lifetime cannot be compared with the eternal life that awaits all God’s children.
Romans 8:17-18 (NIV) – Now if we are children, then we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
It’s like a prick of a needle compared to the joy of eternity.
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