Hidden July 10, 2010

Oh, the hidden dreams!

 

As a young girl, I always pretended to be a great gymnast.  I would take my Dad’s two-by-four lumber and lay it in the grass.  Then I would make my flamboyant beam routine, complete with cartwheels on the lumber.  Ah, such dreams!

 

Just six days ago I got to do another stunt.  It was bold.  Daring.  Quite inventive.  I’m sure it was such a sight to behold.

 

I was at the top, making my decent with such grace and ease.  Then came the bobble.  Ah, but to recover with a somersault!  This began the routine that no one, not even the most skilled gymnast should attempt.

 

Okay.  So the acrobatic stunt took place in church.  Holy roller I am, because roll I did!  Again, may I remind you:  DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AT HOME or church or anywhere!

 

I had finished filling in on PowerPoint Sunday morning.  Services ended and the congregation was quickly filing out of the church.  I wanted to catch a friend, so I gathered my stuff and took off down the stairwell.

 

Only one or two steps down, my heel caught on my pant-leg.  The bobble.  As I pitched forward, with one arm full and the other with my purse, I tried to catch myself.  I missed the metal railing by just that much!  My arm went between the railing and the cement block wall as I continued making the decent with momentum.  That momentum, and having the retardant of the railing against my arm, caused my wonderfully graceless somersault.  Have you seen the Kung-Fu fights where one flips the other while holding their arm?  That was me!  Only my assailants were the steps and railing.

 

Needless to say, I came to rest in a sitting position on the landing.  I will tell you, the steps are cement with green paint.  That green paint made it’s mark on my pants.  Praise God I was wearing pants!  One thing that caught my attention was that my belongings were not strewn all over the landing.  It was as if they were laid down, awaiting my dismount. 

 

Today, I still have numerous “reminders” of my less-than-professional acrobatic stunt and greatly bobbled dismount.  I should have known I would do something crazy before leaving on Monday for a two week Girls Ministries El Salvador mission trip.  The visible reminders are healing.  Praise God!  However, those “hidden” reminders are delaying the healing process.  

 

The hidden wounds are the most dangerous.

 

Ah, how this is like our Christian life!  Those “hidden” sins: bitterness, anger, fear, etc. hinders our relationship with Christ.  Our past can be one of our most dangerous wounds.  Praise God that He is the Savior of all sins!  There is nothing He sees that He is not willing to forgive.  Nothing!  “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Hebrews 4:13″ 

 

Heal The Wound (Point of Grace)

I used to wish that I could rewrite history
I used to dream that each mistake could be erased
Then I could just pretend
I never knew the me back then

I used to pray that You would take this shame away
Hide all the evidence of who I’ve been
But it’s the memory of
The place You brought me from
That keeps me on my knees
And even though I’m free

Heal the wound but leave the scar
A reminder of how merciful You are
I am broken, torn apart
Take the pieces of this heart
And heal the wound but leave the scar

I have not lived a life that boasts of anything
I don’t take pride in what I bring
But I’ll build an altar with
The rubble that You’ve found me in

And every stone will sing
Of what You can redeem

Heal the wound but leave the scar
A reminder of how merciful You are
I am broken, torn apart
Take the pieces of this heart
And heal the wound but leave the scar

Don’t let me forget
Everything You’ve done for me
Don’t let me forget
The beauty in the suffering

Heal the wound but leave the scar
A reminder of how merciful You are
I am broken, torn apart
Take the pieces of this heart
And heal the wound but leave the scar

 

 

So even as the hidden wounds continue to heal, there is joy in knowing God sees it all.  He knows our every need.  Let Him heal your secret wound.

 

Praise God that, with your prayers, our team will be able to share of a Healing God to those in El Salvador.  Please continue to hold our Girls Ministries team in your prayers during our mission July 12 -23, 2010.  I am expecting GREAT and MIGHTY things!!!

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