Sometimes Love Hurts

“Does being real hurt?” the Rabbit asked. “Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

Have you ever risked your sense of security or lived outside of your comfort zone to love someone? Did you find that loving that person was worth the risk? Has anyone you’ve loved hurt your feelings, let you down, or made you feel misunderstood or not understood at all? In life, we should expect disappointment and that people we will hurt us. However, we can look to God, the healer of all hurts and the author of love to guide us and enable us to live with and move past the hurt. We can take comfort that God “heals the brokenhearted and binds up our wounds.”