Words and the Sensitive Soul

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Her words stung so deep, my heart shook to the core each time I replayed them in my mind. I shriveled up and wanted to disappear. Her words had power over me, and my sensitive soul wouldn’t let them slip away into nothingness. Instead, I was wounded, and my self-perceived identity was shaped by her words for years.

That thing we do, us sensitive types? That thing where we take someone’s words and we replay them over and over again–it isn’t healthy, it isn’t of God’s heart.

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He gave us this personality for a perfect reason, a specific purpose. Us sensitive types? We feel others’ hearts. We know their pain, we hear their cry. Us sensitive types? We cherish others. We know the value of love, and we are loyal to those we hold dear.

For am I seeking the approval of God?

And us sensitive types? He uses us in big ways.

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He didn’t make a mistake; He wove us in our mothers’ wombs for His purposes. Through Him we are strong and courageous, making an eternal impact on those we touch. We aren’t weak, we feel deeply.

As beautiful as He has created us to be, our sensitive personalities are also prone to distraction, something we must take great caution to ward against.

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10 ESV

We who are sensitive can so easily become distracted by the opinions of those around us, giving another person’s words great weight in our lives. There is danger when we take our eyes off of the Cross and allow others to speak words into our life apart from His protection. There is danger when we let our sensitive selves become vulnerable before ungodly counsel.

So how do we protect our sensitive souls? How do we protect the sensitive souls of our daughters?

We trust Him to be our guide.

Sensitive souls need to remain protected under the headship of Christ, allowing His Word to be the foundation from which life is lived. When we take words spoken to us and filter them through Christ’s eternal, steadfast, and unchanging Word, we can see with absolute trust whether or not we must take great caution to filter other’s words through His Word.

When we take our eyes off of the Cross and look upon man for approval and affirmation, we’re taking a dangerous chance with our sensitive heart. But there is another way, His way, that us sensitive types can choose today. Choose His words.

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2 thoughts on “Words and the Sensitive Soul”

  1. Thank you. As a sensitive person, I have felt weak and have meditated on people’s words instead of God’s words about myself. I appreciate your perspective that “we aren’t weak; we feel deeply.” And the reminder that I need to remind myself what Jesus has said about me, rather remember what others have said.

  2. This is a great article to use for talking to our tween/teen girls. There is so much peer pressure out there, our girls feel the need to seek the approval of the “popular” girls. Unfortunately those girls are many times not popular in God’s eyes. We need to teach them to seek God’s approval, not those typically classified as “mean girls”.

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