When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it-but all that had gone before.-Jacob Riis
Isn't that the truth! Think about it...so many times we live our day with one "blow" after another touching and affecting our lives. Without realizing it people deliver "blows" to our soul. Some are on purpose, others are just careless words or deeds and still others "blows" go by unnoticed except by the receiver.
God's Word is a place of comfort and peace. But, He also delivers "blows" to our soul because sometimes.....we need it. He says in His Word "He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."
John 15:2. So He prunes you if your good to make you better and He prunes you if your bad to make you better. Either way, you are pruned if you do and pruned if you don't!
Hurt is going to happen. It is what you do with that hurt that determines where you go. And remember the next time someone throws a "blow", that hurting people hurt people. Inside they may have had 100 blows by someone and they are ready to give up. One more blow and they may be ready to split in two.
In these trying times, we need to be especially aware of these things. Be overly anxious to say a good word to someone. Look for ways to do a good deed.
I would love for you to share comments on this page! If you have done a good deed or had a good deed done to you-Share it with the rest of us! Encouragement is always good.
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