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Not for the tender hearts //Nao para os coraçoes sensíveis

 




Have you ever felt like you haven’t fully overcome some trauma? That all of a sudden, you feel that shame rising, and the only thing you can think of is “to hide”.

Oh well, I hope not. I wish this were only my experience. But I know it is not. There are so many things that we suffer once or for a period of time over and over that make us uncomfortable and small.

I have to tell you, this world is not for tender hearts. This world is tough, and the people are cruel, knowing and unknowing. People often think they are doing their best, they do what they think is good and the right thing to do. They think they are helping just because they wish they could be of some help. Even without knowing what exactly the problem is.

Because of that, we often hurt people without knowing or even wanting to. And to make matters worse, we don’t understand and get ourselves hurt, too. We think the other is being way too sensitive. We instantly go into defensive mode. Then we start evaluating our last steps and words, and we can’t understand where the mistake was made.

Exactly. We can’t see because the wound is not in us.

Sometimes, I go into hide-mode because I can’t deal with my own reality. My own frustrations and disappointments. Sometimes, I spiral down and seem too hard to come back up again. I understand that no one can foresee when that will happen.

Sometimes, I just keep trying not to go down and put some music on. And a song has just talked to me. “All that is within me, magnify His name, Great is the LORD our God, praise Him forever”. I thought, all that is within me – this faulty body, this frustrated life, this sad heart – magnify His name. How can this be?

I am sad and hurt. Not for anybody’s doing. Life sometimes is just too heavy and slow. How can I and all that is within me magnify His name?

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works,” Psalm 139:13 -14. I was wonderfully made. God created me and had a plan for my life before I was even formed in my mother’s womb. How can this be?

We need reassurance all the time. But where are you getting yours? I get mine from my Creator. He sees me. He knows me. There isn’t a place on earth that I can hide from Him. He knows my pain, sadness, and wounds.

Then, when I spend my sleep hours awake, I keep saying these words: “ Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD o my soul and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s” Psalm 103:1-5.

Even with this body not totally functional from the inside out, I can magnify His name. This is all I can care about right now

Você já sentiu que não superou completamente algum trauma? Que, de repente, sente aquela vergonha crescendo e a única coisa em que consegue pensar é "se esconder".

Bem, espero que não. Gostaria que essa fosse apenas a minha experiência. Mas sei que não é. Há tantas coisas pelas quais sofremos uma vez ou por um período de tempo, repetidamente, que nos deixam desconfortáveis ​​e pequenos.

Preciso dizer que este mundo não é para corações sensíveis. Este mundo é duro e as pessoas são cruéis, conscientes e inconscientes. As pessoas muitas vezes pensam que estão fazendo o melhor que podem, que fazem o que consideram bom e a coisa certa a fazer. Acham que estão ajudando só porque desejam ser úteis. Mesmo sem saber exatamente qual é o problema.

Por isso, muitas vezes machucamos as pessoas sem saber ou mesmo querer. E para piorar a situação, não entendemos e acabamos nos machucando também. Achamos que o outro está sendo sensível demais. Entramos instantaneamente em modo defensivo. Então começamos a avaliar nossos últimos passos e palavras, e não conseguimos entender onde foi cometido o erro.

Exatamente. Não conseguimos ver porque a ferida não está em nós.

Às vezes, entro em modo de esconderijo porque não consigo lidar com a minha própria realidade. Minhas próprias frustrações e decepções. Às vezes, entro em uma espiral descendente e parece difícil demais voltar à tona. Entendo que ninguém consegue prever quando isso vai acontecer.

Às vezes, continuo tentando não descer e colocar uma música para tocar. E uma música acaba de falar comigo. "Tudo o que há em mim, magnifique o Seu nome, Grande é o Senhor nosso Deus, louvai-o para sempre". Pensei: tudo o que há em mim – este corpo defeituoso, esta vida frustrada, este coração triste – magnifica o Seu nome. Como pode ser isso?

Estou triste e magoada. Não por culpa de ninguém. A vida às vezes é muito pesada e lenta. Como posso eu e tudo o que há em mim magnificar o Seu nome?

“Pois tu formaste o meu interior e me teceste no ventre de minha mãe. Eu te louvo, porque de um modo assombroso e maravilhoso fui formado. Maravilhosas são as tuas obras.” Salmo 139:13-14. Eu fui maravilhosamente criado. Deus me criou e tinha um plano para a minha vida antes mesmo de eu ser formado no ventre da minha mãe. Como pode ser isso?

Precisamos de segurança o tempo todo. Mas de onde você tira a sua? Eu recebo a minha do meu Criador. Ele me vê. Ele me conhece. Não há lugar na terra onde eu possa me esconder Dele. Ele conhece minha dor, tristeza e feridas.

Então, quando passo minhas horas de sono acordado, continuo dizendo estas palavras: "Bendize, ó minha alma, ao SENHOR, e tudo o que há em mim bendiga o seu santo nome! Bendize, ó minha alma, ao SENHOR e não te esqueças de nenhum dos seus benefícios. Ele é quem perdoa todas as tuas iniquidades, quem sara todas as tuas enfermidades, quem redime a tua vida da cova, quem te coroa de benignidade e de misericórdia, quem te farta de bens, de sorte que a tua mocidade se renova como a da águia." Salmo 103:1-5.

Mesmo com este corpo não totalmente funcional de dentro para fora, posso magnificar o Seu nome. É tudo com que me importo agora.


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