What causes us to lash out at others? What would cause us to make trying to discredit a ministry and spreading misinformation, our personal crusade?

Pain... Pain often causes us to lash out at others, all of us at various times and in various circumstances. It seems that, so much of the time, the pain still remains from an injury that was inflicted upon us by circumstances from our past, circumstances that were not within our control. We were rejected, we grew up feeling inferior, we were abused, we were not loved like we needed to be, maybe we inflicted a serious wound on someone and feel guilty about it. Or possibly you felt pushed aside and ignored by the church, or maybe Yahweh Himself. I don't know what it may have been in your life, but I am willing to bet that you, too are wounded.

It is imperative that we understand that we are all victims of injury and in deep and critical need of healing. As we have heard so many times, "Hurt people hurt people." So often we do not even realize that the injury we experienced is the cause of so many of our actions today. We are all in need of deep inner healing, healing of those wounds that have been inflicted upon us, healing of the pain of the wound, healing of the cause of so many of our inappropriate actions. We, the hurt people, hurt others. And others, who are hurt people themselves, hurt us.

And like the people who have hurt us did not start out as bitter, aggressive, or neglectful of others, I don't believe the person casting accusations and lies at and about this ministry did either. At some point, they all reached a crossroads where they had the choice to make some healing decisions themselves. And they chose the wrong choice. One wrong choice always leads to other wrongs choices and slowly turns you into someone you never wanted to be.

However, Yah'shua carefully distinguished the sin from the sinner. He truly understands us. He absolutely understands not only what we do, but why we do it—He understands there is a ROOT CAUSE of our inappropriate actions. And He knows that we are wounded, hurt people who wound and hurt others.

And His love heals. One of the wonderful results of this healing event is that the pain of the wound is gone—even though the memory of it sometimes remains—and with the pain gone we no longer have to react out of pain but can react with love. Understanding that others are also wounded, just as we are, can help us be more ready to forgive them, just as we hope to be forgiven for those times we have injured.

We always have to take ownership of our actions — a responsibility that today's world seems to try to ignore. Understanding that the root cause of our action may be the pain of an injury that was inflicted upon us, being a victim, may explain the reason, but does not give us license to hurt someone else. We still have to accept ownership and make amends, but understanding that things are done out of pain rather than malice can help us understand, and free us to love. Therefore we need to forgive and be forgiven.

And there is nothing more that Yah'shua desires, then to heal and free us from our hurts, our wounds, our anger, and our selves. I pray that you respond to His offer of healing, forgiveness and peace.

Heartmaker is an NCCG investigator living in the United States who asked to share this message for nccg_concern himself and those trying to understand why people like nccg_concern do what they do.