What To Do With Wounds That Won’t Heal

Something that happened to me 45 years ago still hurts.

I was swimming at an outdoor pool with my brother in East Africa one afternoon. An underwater light had been smashed and the glass had not been cleaned out, slicing my foot open.

The clinic my mother took me to was not sterile nor equipped for emergencies. There was no numbing medication available while the doctor stitched me up with something that could best be described as an embroidery needle. My mother held me down while he wrestling the long, blunt needle in and out of my jagged flesh. I was in agony.

Needless to say, it didn’t heal very well.

pain points

The scar still hurts to touch because the injury was not properly repaired in the first place. To this day I can’t let anything rest on my foot because the pain shoots through my body like an electric shock.

We all have scars like that. Maybe not in the physical sense like my foot, but heart-scars.

The passage of time may have provided a thin layer of scar tissue, but if the Great Physician hasn’t tended to the wound it will never heal properly.

Friend, do you have wounds that have not healed? Do you struggle with the enemy of our souls knowing exactly where your pain points are and repeatedly stepping on them in order to keep you writhing in agony?

God at work

I can’t tell you exactly what method to use but the bottom line is you need to get quiet before God in prayer. You need to get busy reading his word. You need to show up at the foot of the true healer and do the work of asking him to cleanse your wounds, treat them so they don’t get infected with bitterness and hatred and rely on his power to once again make you whole.

Reading more self-help books won’t help.

Asking more friends won’t help.

Getting more stressed won’t help.

Feeling more alone and depressed won’t help.

Only Jesus can help.

relief 

I am willing to bet that you’ve tried everything else to ease your pain and nothing has provided lasting relief. 

Psalm 147:3 states “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

The Lord is filled with compassion for you, he sees your pain. He hears you. God will answer your prayer. He stands in front of you like a shield. He fights for you.

I pray that today you will turn to the Great Physician and trust him to do his restorative work in your heart.

 

Deeply loving you,

Rhonda