Shake the Dust Off!

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If we are not careful, we can allow that which wounded us to destroy us, which is what the enemy desires to happen. If you have been wounded, I urge you to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and keep on going. Shake the dust from your feet and keep walking, keep moving, and don't keep still in the hurt and toxicity. Do not allow a wound from the past dictate your present or your future. Yes, there may always be a scar... but let that serve as a reminder that you came out with dignity, with character, with integrity, and with victory. Do not allow your future to be affected by a wound of the past. When you shake the dust from your feet, it is symbolic in that you are choosing to separate yourself from something that should no longer be a part of your life, so it can no longer cling to you. Do not allow those wounds to keep clinging to you and weighing you down so you cannot move forward. In modern terms, "you are washing your hands of it".

You determine your future by what you decide to do after being wounded. I decided to move forward and push through my wounds, and now I am ministry minded and focused on God. Shift your focus to God. Keep your eyes on Christ.

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