"UNRESOLVED ISSUES CAN ONLY GET WORSE IF THEY ARE IGNORED - WHY DOES EACH GENERATION SEEM TO BE WORSE THAN THE LAST? BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DEALT WITH OUR PAST PAIN, IT IS MAGNIFIED WITH EACH GENERATION."
Our greatest struggles are around relationships. When we deal with rejection, we are dealing with relationships. When we are confronting generational curses, we are confronting relationships. When we are struggling with loneliness, we are struggling with relationships. When we yearn for forgiveness, we are yearning for relationships. We were created not to be alone. We may have to pass through lonely moments but that is a process and not a goal. I seek, desire, and take pleasure in relationships.
I want to talk to someone about my thoughts, my ideas, my joys, my frustrations and my accomplishments. I want to hear about theirs. I want to share moments of comfort, sadness, grief, laughter, victory and achievement. There are times when being with family is the only thing that matters. That is when I want my mother's touch, my father's words, my brothers nod, my wife's wink, my daughter's admiration, my son's support, my grandpa's advice and of course my grandma's food. We love company! Quiet time is great, but when that is over, give me a good conversation and a great meal. The process of greatness painfully separates us but it also unites.
Isaac felt a major weight fall from his shoulders when he arrived at Beersheba. Even though his father was dead, he was back where he belonged. He now knew what Abraham knew. He now understood that his getting back to Beer-sheba was a promise given by God to Abraham and now to him. He was at Beer-sheba. It means the place of oath. At Beer-sheba, the promise God made had been kept. His destiny had been proclaimed and declared before his birth to Abraham and Abraham knew his obedience to God would not be ignored. He was worshipping God because even though he did not restore the physical relationship with his father, he restored the spiritual one.
They had walked the same pathway of lying about their wives, passed through the similar situations of famines and enemies attacking wells and now they both resided in the same homestead. Like father, like son. And one day, just like with Abraham, here comes the King of the Philistines to make peace with Isaac.
We will be amazed at the individuals who God will send back to us once we get to the place he has called us to! Do you want to heal some of the broken relationship of the past with friends or with family? Rather than looking back; look forward, get to where God wants you and He will bring about a healing in former relationships. Some relationships will never be as close as they were, but there can be peace. Other relationships will be tighter than ever, and there will be joy!
