Wounds

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30

Your child comes tearing into the house tears streaming down his face. He fell. His knee is scraped. You wipe his tears, give him a hug, and find a spiderman bandaid to cover his ouchie. Healing an external wound is easy. There is nothing a bandaid and a mama’s kiss can’t heal after a fall. Internal wounds, well, those types of wounds are very different.

Wounds can run deep. We all are wounded at some point in our lives. Sometimes, we can heal and move on quickly. Other times, we carry these wounds with us for years.

There are many reasons we carry old wounds. Running from them seems easier sometimes. We like to bury our wounds in the depths of our souls thinking they won’t find us. But, we all know that eventually they do.

I have watched friends I care about and love dearly hold tightly to wounds they should no longer bear. They try to run and hide from the hurt losing sight of true healing. All too often, I watch them get sidetracked and distracted and all of a sudden find themselves on a road to healing the wrong wound.

We are carrying old wounds because we are trying to heal the wrong hurts.

Sometimes, a lot of the time, it is easier to run than take responsibility. We are scared. We are ashamed. We know we have to face these wounds but instead, all we want to do is look the other way. We mask them with other issues crying out to our village to help us. We don’t listen when those who love us reveal our hurts because we don’t want to hear it. We just can’t face it. But, let me say this, sometimes, the gift of confrontation is greater than the gift of comfort.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. Proverbs 27:6

We try and run and hide our true wounds from our friends and thus, they have good intentions, only they end up helping us heal in the wrong area. We drink away our wounds or swallow a pill hoping and praying that brings us peace. Yet, we are still hurting; so desperate.

You can’t change what you won’t face.

We are too scared to face our wounds because we have a distorted view of God and his plan for us. We don’t trust him. We don’t rest in him. We don’t see him as our healer. We don’t rely on him. We think he is mad at us. We believe he will be angry with us and make us pay. All of this, every single bit, is a lie and the enemy would love nothing more than to keep you in this space.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid John 14:27

It is time you break free.

God wants to heal your wounds. Yes, those very deep ones that are going to leave a nasty scar. Those are the ones that will bring you the greatest freedom when you finally let go. They are the wounds that will draw you the closest to your Healer when you finally face them.

What are you running from?

What wounds need healing?

He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24

It is time to heal the right wounds releasing yourself to full freedom and healing in the One who heals. He is near. He wants to make you whole. It is time you let him.

Love & Blessings,

Meg