People say that time heals all wounds. I don't think it's time that does the healing, though. Time is necessary in order for God to do the healing, but a wound can be just as open and tender today as it was the day of the injury. Time is merely an instrument God uses to ease the pain.
I was thinking about a wound I have had for many years and realized how the canyon of pain that it once was has narrowed to a sliver. I realized that now there are few things that fall down into that wound to irritate it when once it seemed that not a moment went by when something would prick or poke the tender, sensitive area. What a blessing to see how God heals. Time alone did not do this. It was the struggle during that time that brought healing. It was the shedding of many tears, frustration, annoyance, and laying prostrate when no words would convey the pain felt.
I think God uses time so that we can properly heal. We want the pain to go away immediately. We don't want to deal with what caused it and why. We just don't want to feel bad. He doesn't want us to feel bad either, but he knows that the process of healing brings us closer to him. He knows that through it all, we will become better people. We will see his face a little bit more clearly.
Avoiding the pain, running away from it or trying to hide merely prolong the process and make the wound stay open longer, prone to infection and enlargement. Hurriedly filling the chasm and trying to fix it with man-made means, will have the same effect. We are left with the real answer to our problem of pain...have faith that God will walk with us through it and heal in miraculous ways. We do not have the answers. We do not have the medicine he does. We are not the doctor. We have faith in men and women to heal our physical bodies. Why is it so difficult to have faith in the One that heals our souls?
I was thinking about a wound I have had for many years and realized how the canyon of pain that it once was has narrowed to a sliver. I realized that now there are few things that fall down into that wound to irritate it when once it seemed that not a moment went by when something would prick or poke the tender, sensitive area. What a blessing to see how God heals. Time alone did not do this. It was the struggle during that time that brought healing. It was the shedding of many tears, frustration, annoyance, and laying prostrate when no words would convey the pain felt.
I think God uses time so that we can properly heal. We want the pain to go away immediately. We don't want to deal with what caused it and why. We just don't want to feel bad. He doesn't want us to feel bad either, but he knows that the process of healing brings us closer to him. He knows that through it all, we will become better people. We will see his face a little bit more clearly.
Avoiding the pain, running away from it or trying to hide merely prolong the process and make the wound stay open longer, prone to infection and enlargement. Hurriedly filling the chasm and trying to fix it with man-made means, will have the same effect. We are left with the real answer to our problem of pain...have faith that God will walk with us through it and heal in miraculous ways. We do not have the answers. We do not have the medicine he does. We are not the doctor. We have faith in men and women to heal our physical bodies. Why is it so difficult to have faith in the One that heals our souls?
The process of healing certainly isn't easy or quick, but it is beautiful. We marvel at chasms and canyons created by great tumult. They are a picture of the care God is taking to heal the chasms of our hearts. Where we are right now in the journey is as magnificant as these majestic rocks. Never give up hope.
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