Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day ( Thursday 5/7/09)

Today's Devotional Is Written By a Woman WHo Is Healed and Truly Free

Healed in a Heartbeat

Philippians 2:27 (New Living Translation)

²⁷⁾  And he certainly was ill; in fact, he almost died. But God had mercy on him—and also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow after another.

 Have you ever hit your toe on the edge of your bed, and in the first few moments felt pain - - - - - -but then you stopped, caught your breath, and realized it was nothing? Have you ever slowing tried pulling off a band-aid, only to realize that it made it hurt worse? Have you ever just ripped off a band-aid, took the initial sting, and then kept it moving.

 

Well, sometimes in our lives God rips the band-aid off. Its not that He is trying to hurt us, but that He wants to stop the pain as quick as possible. The last few weeks of my life have totally messed my mind up. After ending a 2 ½ year relationship I’m doing better than ever. I didn’t understand how I cried less than 5 mins. and was ready to move on. I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t cry anymore or why I wasn’t sad. I kept waiting and waiting on something to happen to me, and then it hit me. When God revealed the true soul of the person I was dating, the band-aid was ripped off.

 

Yeah, it stung for a few seconds, but after that I dusted myself off and got back up. I had no hatred or revenge in my heart at all. I had been here before but I wasn’t going to come out defeated this time. I wasn’t going to waste anymore energy or time on this scar from my past. Talking to friends, they asked “don’t you think its too early for you to move on” or “make sure you take some time to heal”. So I told them just like God told me. If God can heal you from Cancer in the blink of an eye, make a lame man walk with a snap of a finger, and heal a woman with just a touch of his garment, why can’t he heal a broken heart in a pump of a heartbeat.

 

I am so grateful that God decided to rip off the band-aid and expose this person for the lying and cheating person he really was because I’d still be picking at a scab I wouldn’t leave alone to heal on its own. Had He slowly pulled it back, I can only imagine how much deeper into this relationship I’d be, and how much harder it would have been to let go. The saying is so true, that He may not come when you want Him too, but He will be on time.

 

So today as you go about your daily routine, look inside yourself and ask God to rip off the band-aids that are slowly keeping you in agony. It could be an old scab you keep picking at or a fresh cut. Either way God is the ultimate healer and He only needs one instrument to do surgery with……………your permission. Whatever it is, big or small, give it to God and know that the second your ready to turn it over, is the exact moment He’ll take it away.