When You’ve Been Mistreated

WHEN YOU’VE BEEN MISTREATED

I just want to wallow in it.

I’m fighting the pricking of my heart because~
I. Deserve. To. Wallow.

How many times can a person get mistreated?
How many times can I get knocked down and pick myself back up again?

I don’t want to get back up.
I want to be angry inside.
I want to cry.
I want to run away.
I definitely don’t want to read my bible or pray.
Not now.

My heart knows what God is whispering to it~
I block my ears like a little child.

It’s not fair
It’s too hard
I can’t do this anymore.

Let me have my moment.

But God keeps whispering~
He will keep bringing me back to this place over and over again~

Until I realize Jesus.

Today I only realize Charisse.

God knows my circumstances.
They aren’t accidental.
He wants me to see Jesus in every moment~
Even in the mistreatment and hurt.

He whispers to my soul~
Be kind
Be tender hearted
Forgive~

as I forgave you.

I am undone.
His words pierce my heart.

I can forgive
I can be kind
I can be tender hearted
I can love again
Because~

I can do all things through Him~

And that’s exactly what He would do.


“To the saint, personal insult becomes the occasion of revealing the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus”

“The disciple realizes that it is his Lord’s honor that is at stake in his life, not his own honor”

“Never look for justice, but never cease to live it”
Oswald Chambers