Internal
conflict differs from struggles between individuals. Internal conflicts that go
unresolved will predictably surface at a later place and time. This happens because
a particular struggle has been too painful to talk or think about. Although out
of mind for a while, it has the power to surface and to influence daily life.
Lisa
couldn’t wait to leave home for college. She chose a university that was as far
away as possible. She grew up feeling overly protected. Her parents did not
trust her to make good choices, to the point of being overbearing. Their control
created in Lisa anger and fear which she could not express.
Arriving at college, she
threw caution to the wind for a carefree lifestyle. Eventually, Lisa became so unhappy
she was forced to address the anger and sadness she had stuffed away. While
it's difficult to work out such pain and suffering, with God's help and the
love and trust of caring people, a new purpose and direction for life can be
discovered.
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Jesus said,“Don’t let your
hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.”
~John 14:1 New Living Translation
I died on the cross with Christ. And my present life is
not that of the old “I”, but the living Christ within me. The bodily life I now
live, I live believing in the Son of God who loved me and sacrificed himself
for me.
~Galatians 2:20 Phillips – New Testament in Modern English
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