Deep Wounds
I am not afraid of blood. I recently had a minor altercation with a bar sticking out about head height while I was cutting grass with a riding lawn mower. When I hit the pipe, it about knocked me off the mower. After stopping to assess the damage, I didn’t feel blood, so I finished mowing. When I walked in the door, my wife saw blood on the side of my nose. We cleaned it up and it’s nearly healed. It’s crazy how quickly a healthy, physical body can heal from a flesh wound.
There are emotional wounds that are really big and deep and sometimes take months or years to heal. Some emotional wounds are self-inflicted. Others are caused by someone we love. I have had some deep wounds in my life and I have come to the conclusion that I had a part to play in most all of them. Emotional wounds are hard to spot, unless you know what to look for because they can be covered with smiling and even laughter. It “looks” like everything is fine, but it isn’t.
The people of Israel had deep wounds that they couldn’t heal. Most of their deep wounds were self-inflicted. The Lord was dealing with their wounds and He was the ONLY Healer who could help. Quite frankly, He’s the Ultimate Healer for all of my deep wounds. Check this out….
14 All your lovers—your allies—have left you
and do not care about you anymore.
I have wounded you cruelly,
as though I were your enemy.
For your sins are many,
and your guilt is great.
15 Why do you protest your punishment—
this wound that has no cure?
I have had to punish you
because your sins are many
and your guilt is great.
17 I will give you back your health
and heal your wounds,” says the Lord.
“For you are called an outcast—
‘Jerusalemfor whom no one cares.’”
19 There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving,
and I will multiply my people, not diminish them;
I will honor them, not despise them. (Jeremiah 30:14-15,17,19 NLT)
I have to take responsibility at some point for many of my deep wounds (aka soul wounds). I have ignored the warning signs that the Lord sent my way before I went down that road. I also believe that one of the consequences of my pride is a soul wound. Our church started a program a few years ago called Soul Care. It is simply “one on one biblical counseling designed to coach a disciple back to spiritual health”. There are deep wounds that only the Lord can heal. He often uses time to assist the healing of deep wounds. I believe He speaks into my soul through His Word. I love our biblical counseling program and the Lord has used that program to help restore and heal some deep soul wounds.
I am a champion for the Word of God and the truth spoken there. I have learned things walking with the Lord through His Word in the middle of a soul wound that I’m not sure I would have learned any other way. He makes beautiful people from deep soul wounds that are healed by Him.
Pressing On!
Dwayne