“An unhealed person can find offense in pretty much anything someone does. A healed person understands that the actions of others have absolutely nothing to do with them.”
Reading this, quoted by Michele Cushatt, reinforced how often this plays itself out and how needy we are for “soul spelunking”.
PC – Marcin Gala
Spelunking is the exploration of caves. You need courage and a lot of light for those kinds of places. Spiritual spelunking “ventures down into the cavernous depths of faith” as Paul Tripp puts it in his introduction to New Morning Mercies.
He confesses his own tendencies (revealing our own) to shrug at amazing gospel realities and let other things in life take our hearts or put us in awe. When we forget how much grace and rescue we need today, we begin to put ourselves above others which is never good for healthy communication or relationships. Self-awareness brings us to reality when we see our caves in light of God and His Word. His compassion and power there give us courage and freedom.
Our gut reactions (that flow from old patterns of thought or untended negative emotions) fester in deep caverns of our souls. Many remain unexplored by our Light and thus are unleashed in certain circumstances, leaving us floundering.
“The spirit of a person is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the innermost parts of his being.”
Proverbs 20:27 NASB
What cave of your soul needs spelunking?
How will you nurture the courage to go there?