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Many years ago
I signed myself into a hospital because I was
feeling suicidal. While in the hospital, I
crawled under the bed because I was afraid of
people and had no desire to live. The nurses
would keep pulling me out and as soon as they
left my room I would crawl back under the bed.
This went on for two weeks until one
night on the midnight shift a nurse I had never
met literally got down on her hands and knees
and crawled under the bed with me and laid
beside me. She took hold of my hand and told me
that she wouldn't let anybody hurt me and it was
safe to come out. I didn't believe her but I did
come out after she laid there for about an hour
with me.
There are many people who are
under the bed in their emotions. They are afraid
to show their emotions for fear of being
ridiculed and put down. We need to open our
hearts to others who are hurting emotionally and
all of us hurt in one way or the other.
I encourage you to find someone you can
trust, someone who won't judge you or make fun
of you and open your heart to that person. I
know from experience that the only way to get
rid of all the hurt in our hearts is to start
talking to others.
God said that we are
to bear one another's burdens. It is impossible
to bear someone's burdens if we don't know what
they are. The best way to help someone is by
sharing what you have been through so that
person will know that you really do care and
understand.
Come out from under the bed
in your emotions into the Arms of Jesus. He
Loves you so much and is yearning to fellowship
with you. You have tried everything else and it
didn't work. Try Jesus and you will be
victorious through the Love of Jesus.
© Joanne Lowe
January 22,
2005 |
