One time, someone hit me in the face with a golf club and broke my nose.
That hurt. A LOT.
One time, someone completely betrayed my trust.
That hurt.
One time, I realized that I had been hindering someone else and they called me out on what I needed to change.
That hurt.
I’ve been thinking about this phrase a lot: NO HURT.
Daniel in the lions’ den:
“So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and NO MANNER OF HURT was found upon him, because he believed in his God.” (Daniel 6:23)
The three friends cast into a fiery furnace:
“I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have NO HURT”. (Daniel 3:25)
Does the Lord really keep us from feeling hurt?
From my experience, I don’t think so.
Opposition in all things is necessary.
We’ve got to feel hurt and pain and embarrassment and anger in order to better recognize the opposite.
I’m so glad that Daniel and Shadrach and Meshach and Abednego were blessed with no physical harm in their dramatic stories of faith and trust in the Lord.
But here’s what I’ve been thinking about “no hurt”:
I think that when we face the trials in life with the Savior by our side, our testimonies and our faith won’t be hurt.
Our trust in the Lord won’t take a hit just because we are facing lions or a fiery furnace.
In fact, our testimony of Jesus Christ will probably be strengthened.
That brutal, heart-wrenching, annoying, frustrating trial won’t have the power to loosen our relationship with the Savior.
We will still feel hurt on this mortal journey.
But our spiritual progression doesn’t have to be hurt because of it.
No lion, no fire, no king can bring harm to my love for my Savior.
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
