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I'm a Psychology major, and one of the classes I had for 2 days was Counseling. I ended up dropping it soon, to move things around in my schedule, but even just in those 2 days I learned a lot.

One of the first things the professor (who's also a counselor) told us in very harsh but truthful terms was, "You've got to get your crap figured out before you can help anyone else. What makes you think you can help somebody with their problems when you can't deal with your own?"

There are things that are hard to deal with, and sometimes, we just need to be patient & let time do its thing. But at some point, you're absolutely right, we can't just deny it, we have to face it. This is oftentimes best with someone else, be it a counselor, parent, or very caring friend. Not only does it help you through it, it creates a very strong bond between people, to have that much trust & healing together.
 
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Multifavs said:
Now, I think it's okay to avoid things that are wrong and sinful, but it's not good to deny the truth.
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This has to do with what we lose and what we bind to our soul. There are things we have to lose and let go of and we have the power to do that.

Matthew 18 18 "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

I remember when superglue first came out. We were told that if people glue their fingers together they can use finger nail polish to unglue them. We do not have to allow things to get super glued to our soul. We can lose them and be free.
 
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joshua 1 9 said:
Matthew 18 18 "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
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Not what that scripture means at all, but this is not the forum to go into that.
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Something I've learned recently in life is that we all tend to feel angry and bitter towards things that hurt us in the past.
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Very true.
Multifavs said:
Now, I think it's okay to avoid things that are wrong and sinful, but it's not good to deny the truth.
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Totally agree.
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It can be hard to deal with things like this, but God can help us if we just let Him work in our lives.
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Absolutely. It is times like that where we have to choose how to react and to draw HIS strength that really grows us up in the Lord.
 
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