Delayed Healing
The cut was deep, bled profusely and was tender to the
touch. I had fallen in the back yard
while collecting tree branches for a friend.
My right foot was covered in blood.
I hopped down to the patio and knocked on the window of my husband’s
study. I had him hose off the blood which
exposed a gapping gash on the side of my toe.
He irrigated the area with peroxide, applied Neosporin and wrapped my
toe. Any first year medical student
would know the laceration needed suturing or at least Steri-Strip to close the
wound within 24 hours. My foot continued
to hurt, so after six days I decided it was time to actually care for my own
injury. Russell drove me to my office
and I did what I should have done the day I suffered the damage. I had hopped around on my foot for six days
when I had the ability and expertise to fix the cut. The healing was always within my reach. I failed to do my part which led to delayed
healing.
Proverbs 4:20-22
20 My child, pay attention to my words;
listen attentively to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your sight,
guard them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and healing to one’s entire body.
listen attentively to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your sight,
guard them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and healing to one’s entire body.
Periodically, we
all need to step back and allow healing to take place. Instead of remaining on the treadmill of life,
completing our daily to do list, we must bask in the presence of God and His
word. We need to hear from Him and hide
His word in our heart. This past year, I
had to spend more time listening to His will for my life rather than churn out
blogs because it had become a part of my routine. I did not want to continue writing just to
check blog done off my list. This time of meditation and prayer has released me
to begin writing again. I do not know
how often my blogs will go out but they will come from a life giving touch from
God. Try not to wait like me until you are crippled and in pain before doing what you know to do. Healing is in His Word! Take several doses of scripture each day as prescribed. Do not delay!
Linda,
ReplyDeleteI hope you are doing better. There is healing in His Word. I believe God allows things to happen just so that we can see Him at His Word. God used pulling weeds from my garden to show me His faithfulness and the work He was doing in my life. He used that simple task to remind me that He was cleaning me up for greater works. He had to show me in the physical what He had done in my life in the spiritual.
Thank you for your blogs. I am blessed by them.
Jennifer Johnson