Have you ever been let down by someone before? Has a friend made fun of you at school? Have your parents told you they would come to your ballet concert but didn't? Has your boyfriend flirted with someone else right in front of you?
I know I have. Time after time I have been let down by friends. Like the girl in the picture above, when someone disappoints me I go and hide from the world. When I'm upset, I bury my face because I'm ashamed to show my pain.
I've been in situations where I've been humiliated publicly and I tried to hide my face, but couldn't because people were staring.
Sometimes it seems easier to hide your pain than confront - sometimes it hurts too much to confront it. I have found that sitting in your own pain actually makes it worse. It makes you hate yourself more and it makes you hate the world more - it convinces you to never trust people again.
When someone breaks your trust, it's not easy to give it back and sometimes you shouldn't because they are the type of person to abuse it again. But if you sit in your world of pain, you will never move on and you will never trust people again.
The key is to forgive. Forgiveness works two-fold: to be free you must forgive not only that person who hurt you, but you must also forgive yourself. In other words, don't judge yourself in the way someone already judged you.
Romans 8:1 says, "Therefore, now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
Do not condemn [judge, criticise, ridicule] yourself as others have condemned you. For Jesus sees you in perfect light, without imperfections and flaws. He will never let you down. He will never disappoint.
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