When I was a kid, I ran around outside without shoes on a regular basis. My sisters and I spent every possible moment riding bicycles, making mud pies, and playing in the yard. We had a lot of space to run and play in and we knew which areas of the yard had grass burrs, stickers we called them. But that did not stop us from going there.
Now, when I would get a grass burr in my foot, I did not want to let my mom know because she would pull it out and that hurt. If I left it in there, hopping around on the other foot, it would go numb after a little bit, but I always knew the longer it stayed in there, the more it would hurt coming out.
I realized a couple of years ago, that I had done this very same thing with some emotional hurts. Things that I had kept stuck in my heart for a long time, knowing that if I let God touch those places, I would have to feel the pain of having them taken away. It was easier to be numb to them and hop through life on one foot. What I didn't realize is that some of them had become infected and that the infection was spreading into other parts of my soul.
Suddenly what started out as a sticker of offense had spread into resentment, unforgiveness and bitterness. It took a lot of courage for me to allow my Father to pull the root of that infection out of my heart so that it could start to heal. But it has been worth the temporary discomfort to experience the lifelong freedom.
So I encourage you today to look inside yourself and see what sticker is there, infecting your soul, causing you to hop around on one foot through life. Now, be brave....go to the Father and let Him remove it. Only after that, will the healing begin, sweet sisters.
Now, when I would get a grass burr in my foot, I did not want to let my mom know because she would pull it out and that hurt. If I left it in there, hopping around on the other foot, it would go numb after a little bit, but I always knew the longer it stayed in there, the more it would hurt coming out.
I realized a couple of years ago, that I had done this very same thing with some emotional hurts. Things that I had kept stuck in my heart for a long time, knowing that if I let God touch those places, I would have to feel the pain of having them taken away. It was easier to be numb to them and hop through life on one foot. What I didn't realize is that some of them had become infected and that the infection was spreading into other parts of my soul.
Suddenly what started out as a sticker of offense had spread into resentment, unforgiveness and bitterness. It took a lot of courage for me to allow my Father to pull the root of that infection out of my heart so that it could start to heal. But it has been worth the temporary discomfort to experience the lifelong freedom.
So I encourage you today to look inside yourself and see what sticker is there, infecting your soul, causing you to hop around on one foot through life. Now, be brave....go to the Father and let Him remove it. Only after that, will the healing begin, sweet sisters.