"It Don't Hurt Now"

Back in the day an R&B artist by the name of Teddy Pendergrass penned a song titled, "It Don't Hurt Now." As I looked back over the lyrics, I began to see that Teddy had been deeply wounded, broken, crushed, and totally devastated, by a girl that he loved, who left him. The song does not give us a time frame, or tell us how much time had actually elapsed, but it lets us know that Teddy found someone new, and this new girl had taken away his pain. So he says to the girl that hurt him so badly, "It Don't Hurt Now."

Many of us have experienced the loss of a family member, friend, or close associate. We know the excruciating pain that we feel, that lasts so very long, and the memories that fade, but are never forgotten. But that kind of loss is far beyond our ability to change or control.

Yet, there is a personal hurt that destroys us, on an intimate level, and my heart goes out to everyone that has had a family member or close friend, a husband, a wife, a brother, a sister, a son or daughter, that you have loved deeply, dearly, without reserves or reservations to walk out of your life, leaving an emptiness, a void, where love used to reside.

It can be likened to a death, a sting, a piercing in your heart and spirit. A pain so deep within that words cannot explain. We become like Teddy, in a state of depression, when he says,

"I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat. I'd just sit at home and I'd weep."

Truth is, there are times, through the grace of God, when we must say goodbye. Those mature in the word, understand when I say that God gives us strength to implement the "Gift of Goodbye." Sometimes we have to "Let go, and Let God." It is imperative for us to remember that everyone in our life is not there for a lifetime, some have come for a season, and others for a reason, but they were not meant to go all the way.

We must learn to turn it over to Jesus, and when we turn it over to the Lord, he strengthens us, encourages our inner being, and heals us from the damage done. Remember, "He's a lifter of every bowed down head."

And when God has completed his work in your life, you can look at the person that hurt you, that walked away, that caused you undue pain, and say, "There are no more sleepless nights, no more heartaches, and no more fights," " And It Don't Hurt Now, No Not Now."

Not because you stopped loving or caring. Not because you don't think about them, or miss their presence and conversation from time to time, but because you are healed and made whole, because you have been delivered and set free, and now you can say, "It Don't Hurt Now, No, Not Now."

I'm Just Saying

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