But those are all lies.įriends, lies only come from the author of lies. It tries to convince us we can live happily with our walls of steel firmly in place, ensuring we never fully feel the love of others or of Christ. Fear says retreating from our dreams – our relationships – our love is really not all that bad.įear also tells us if we fight back or maybe even fight first, we can stop betrayal in its tracks. It likes us to believe the lie that if we are careful enough, it is possible to avoid any future encounters with rejection or betrayal. – Jamie Winshipįear tells us running away is a good thing. Wherever you are afraid, Jesus is not King. It puts us in a hyper-alert status allowing fear to take over. That is because it places a wall between us and others creating unhealthy relationships. Essentially, when we are caught off guard, our physiologic response is to get as far away from the situation as possible or lash out to fight the situation.įight or Flight may be our natural response, but I’m not sure it’s the response God desires for us. Of course, our natural instinct toward this response varies depending on a multitude of factors, including the type, time, and duration of the trauma. Our bodies have a physiological response to perceived harm referred to as an Acute Stress Response or the Fight or Flight Response.
But what do we do with all the rejection, hurt, and disappointment resulting from rejection and betrayal? They come when we are children and they come when we are adults. Each with their own unique daggers to our hearts. –John 16:33 (NLT)Īcts of betrayal come in all shapes and sizes. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. More right than I could fully grasp at the time. Reprimanded, gossiped about, and ultimately losing what I thought was a good friendship felt unfair. A brokenness lay within her young little heart that I was too young to understand, and it had led her to betray me. Because of this she held off on consequences, yet called my parents in to sort out the fiasco.Įventually, we found the culprit. She saw the writing (whoever wrote it did a great job of mimicking my handwriting).
I didn’t realize how often I’d live out that truth in the years to come. I remember thinking that life isn’t fair.
I was already an accomplished people pleaser, so the idea of displeasing my teacher wreaked havoc on my heart. I couldn’t spit the words out fast enough. At the bottom was written, “I hate you, Mrs. I stared at her with big blank eyes because it didn’t make sense at all! I adored her! She pulled out my latest math paper. “What could this be about? What had I done?”Īfter the other children filed out of the room, she looked in my eyes and asked me why I disliked her so much. It was obvious by the look on her face that it wasn’t for something fun. In front of the entire class, she asked me to stay in from recess. Johnson had been one of my favorite teachers.
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