Most little ones love bandaids. I know i did when i was younger. The bandaid fixed any ailment. The scrapped knee. The tummy ache. Everything. I’m sure many of you were like me, too. I recently learned through my own child that bandaids don’t always help. Sometimes they bring on more pain. I put a bandaid on my baby’s foot and few minutes later he was crying. I asked what was wrong and he proceeded to snatch the bandaid off- which reopened the small wound... the bandaid was too tight and just making the situation worse. Life’s like that. We get into some issue and we use a bandaid to cover it up. Notice i didn’t say we use a bandaid heal it. Bandaids are only used to make a wound be less exposed. More pleasing to the eye. As a nurse i have seen some HORRIBLE wounds. But i have never seen i simple bandaid heal them. I have seen a bandaid with something added to it aid in healing. I have also seen stitches used to hold the wound together. I have seen things used to clean the wound out to make a clean area BUT none of these heal. They just assist. Healing takes place over time and it starts with an inside change. Some fully healed Wounds leave scars. Those scars are reminders. Some people can look at their scars and say i will NEVER ride another motorcycle. Others can say i will never touch a hot stove. Some wounds don’t leave a scar... sometimes the circumstance wasn’t worth remembering. (Take that how you may). When we settle for “bandaid healing” we settle for quick. We skip pass the intricacies that need to take place to slowly remind us to never do whatever it was we did again. We want our situation/ mistake/ flaw to just be covered up and made pretty BUT not healed. When we take this approach we only risk a longer healing duration or an infection. Both of which can lead to bad outcomes. We rather look good on the outside and slowly die within. Re-injury can occur. In this case- healing begins again and a new route for healing takes place giving the scar a different look and causing new pain. In life when this happens- We are reminded to step back and reevaluate. We are given a different perspective of how to approach the situation. As i mentioned earlier sometimes wounds need a little help healing. When this is the case stitches are placed. Stitches hold the sides of the wound together. They aid in healing. Stitches may be needed because the wound is so jagged that it can’t come back together on it’s own. Sometimes our emotional and mental wounds need stitches because our thoughts are so jagged. We can’t seem to find what’s wrong or right, real or fake. The use of Scripture, prayer and people of God aid us. The assistance used to pull us together. Stitches add another layer to a scar. A reminder that we couldn’t do it on our own BUT God provided what we needed. Using a bandaid only covers up. It never fixes the root issue. Until everything that is restricting healing is uprooted and thoroughly cleaned out the proper healing cannot take place. All foreign substances and debris. The negative thoughts and defeating mindsets must go! Healing can be uncomfortable. Wounds that heal from the inside out cause itching. It’s a natural thing. Irritation of this sort is sometimes unbearable and the only thing we feel that can help us is scratching. This only adds to the problem. Scratching or should i say bringing up the past. Listening to that song. Calling that person. In this case in the medical field a doctor will prescribe an antipruritic (or anti itching med) to ease the irritation. In the spiritual realm Our irritations present as worry and anxiety and our antipruritics are prayer and scripture... Burning or pain can sometimes reoccur in the healing process. These can be Slight reminders of what happened and what we don’t want to go back into. Healing is a process. The ONLY TRUE healer is Jesus. EVERYTHING ELSE JUST HELPS. When we see how people have healed we rejoice with them. They can give advice and encourage anyone else going through a similar situation. Everything seems so nice in the end. But no one talks about the process. We cover it up. We are ashamed. We put bandaids of makeup and nice STUFF over it. We hide it. Sometimes it takes people SEEING how we endured to get the best picture. Just seeing the end results is misleading. Then everyone is just living for their end result. They don’t want to hurt or endure. We must go through things. We must stop using the bandaids of STUFF to cover up our stories. The bandaids of stuff to make our testimonies pretty. Stop using bandaids to cover up what can heal you and others. Embarrassing, maybe. Hard, yes. Necessary, ABSOLUTELY. Until Nothing’s Left. Brittany Scripture of encouragement: “He always comes alongside us to comfort us in every suffering so that we can come alongside those who are in any painful trial. We can bring them this same comfort that God has poured out upon us.” 2 Corinthians 1:4 TPT Song of Encouragement: Desert Song- Hillsong
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Daphne
8/1/2020 06:56:03 am
🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Terrika Davis
8/1/2020 07:12:46 am
A WORD!! This is good.. I’ve tried to use bandaids many times to cover up the wound instead of letting it heal! Keep it coming! 🙃
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Andra Sparks
8/1/2020 07:34:48 am
So very good! I love the flow and the great comparison! This is a healing word for certain!
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Karen
8/1/2020 07:39:15 am
my goodness you really felt this topic... it was great and pulled back so many layers of my life!
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Ardrionna
8/1/2020 09:33:43 am
Wow! Thank you for this! Well put! This is perfect! Actually reading this and putting it all into perspective. Teaching how to truly heal.
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Tiffany
8/1/2020 04:22:20 pm
Great word!!! Sometimes wounds heal better exposed❤️
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