When Pain Speaks

If you are going through emotional pain or hurt, this is for you.

The Bible tells us about a man named Jabez, meaning "sorrow maker."

His mother gave him that name because she gave birth to him in pain.

Those words said during a temporary labour pain altered Jabez's destiny. How do I know this?

The bible tells us Jabez was more honourable than his brothers until pain was spoken into his destiny.

What did Jabez do? He cried to God!

The part of his prayer that caught my attention was: "𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧!"

Jabez didn't want to bleed on others. What an honourable man, truly.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:

→ Keep quiet. Do not speak in the heat of the moment. If you do, you are guaranteed to misspeak.

→ If you must speak, let it be to God. Surrender that pain to him. He will heal you completely, and there will be no scar!

→ Seek professional help. You know the saying, broken people break others? It's why Jabez prayed, "that I may not cause pain!"

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞.

Today, I pray Isaiah 61:3 over you.

You will be healed, and God will be glorified.

Jesus loves you ❤️

You're a gem 💎, remember that. Keep living your bedazzled life, one day at a time.

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