Wounded No More
Physical wounds are seen by others and they can be devastating even to the point of death. I saw women and men who were terribly wounded in the Boston Marathon explosion. One lady worked at the same company I did and she lost her leg. Being healed from a devastating physical wound is not instantaneously and it can wreck havoc on your life. Physical wounds can leave scars. It may take months or years before you completely heal. It becomes a daily process to work toward your healing. The emotional wounded also have scars. Hannah the woman who was shamed and ridiculed by another woman is found in 1 Samuel Chapter 1:1-12. Hannah experienced an emotional wound so deep that in the beginning when she prayed to the Lord , she wept in anguish and prayed with her words. And then it happened, her words just stopped and only her mouth was moving. She deeply needed God to step in the situation she was going through and heal her heart and provide her need. She needed the LORD to brin