Opening The Wound

Any deep injury needs healing, and sometimes surgery is needed. Many of us have deep injuries, suffered in the past by injustice, hatred, callous-hardened hearts, uncaring, or unawares. The wound may be a word, an act, or a lack of either kind words, kind acts. You know that you need help, that you need surgery when a continual deep-seated problem resurfaces, causing incurable emotional pain, debilitating the love in your heart that you have towards others. The injury starts small but when left unattended grows ugly, malicious in its self-destruction. To avoid your pain is the same as covering a most grossest of cancers. Without the proper attention your wound will fester, grow, and cause horrendous pain to yourself and others.

Men will not confess this. They’ve been lied to, a lie that says men are strong or keep your problems to yourself. They proudly keep their wound hidden; they do not unmask their pain. Some turn to alcohol, others to drugs, some enslave themselves to sex, anything… they do anything to stop the misery, to stop the pain, to drown the memory, to find relief…

We witness this everyday, for they work with us… socialize play us, and some live with us… They grow bitter and hard until their bodies fail them and they wonder why. Their pain killed them silently…

There is hope. There is a solution. A Way of truth: We have a physician (Jesus Christ) who uses the sharpest of instruments, the Word of God. The initial cut will scare you, frighten you, and cause your flesh to tremble. If you are like me you will weep for days, almost grow speechless, no words can comfort, and sleep may leave you. A war of wars will ensue as the enemy of your soul will fight the healing process, his hatred will come to light.

Through it all God continues to place loving balm on your wound, on your pain. He will whisper to you in your dreams, comfort you in his arms, change the bandages, and raise you to health. The pain becomes a memory. A memory that you share, that you openly show your scar and joyfully testify of God’s loving care and wonderful mercy. For he’s comforted you so that you too can comfort others, he’s encouraged you so that you share.

This is the core of these devotionals, from one heart to another, sharing the comfort and love that Christ has shown – for a specific time, which is now – to share with you. For Christ knows your pain, your wound, your heart, and he calls “come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11:28