A few weeks ago I put something in the oven and being absent from my right mind placed my pointer finger somewhere on the preheated oven. The end result was a small but painful second degree burn. The initial burning process hurt like crazy but the following healing hurt just the same. Now all that is left is a black spot on my finger as a reminder to me to use more caution when playing with heated object.
The other day the black spot caught my eye and I was instantly reminded of the painful process of the healing of my heart. Why do we (or at least me) try to hold on to the pain we have? God wants us to come to Him with our pain. Yet for me I make my pain greater than God. As if He couldn't handle it. A lot of the causes for my pain i just cannot find the love of Christ in them. How could this be good for me or anyone? But if I have learned anything about the love of God I know that sometimes to heal us, He has to hurt us. Because of our sin. . . .pain is just part of the process now.
