You cannot heal a wound by ignoring the injury! Isn't that what we are doing when we say to ourselves that the hurt we received doesn't matter.  Our tendency in these matters is to tough it out. My favorite cartoon, from my Navy days, was a picture of an old Boatswains Mate (Bos'ns Mate) whose left sleeve betrayed him as long on service and short on rank. There was an anvil, a large hammer, and his thumb with marks that showed it to be radiating with much pain. The caption read: “Goodness, I've struck my thumb!”

One of the important reasons that we have been gifted with feelings is so that we know when we are injured. Can you imagine going through life not being able to feel? Let us put this in perspective. Would Christ have said of His scourging that it didn't hurt so much? When He was hanging on the cross did He say that it wasn't so tough? What He said was, "I thirst." (John 19:21)

When I hurt, I say to my Heavenly Father, "I hurt."

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