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Christina Faith | January 12, 2015 | 3 Comments

Wounds – Christina Faith

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We often ignore the wounds that we have. We cover up our wounds very well, but we miss the grace of God when we cover our wounds. Our wounds are for healing.

After living with one of my best friends for three years, God reshaped my understanding of God’s ability to divinely orchestrate opportunities for all of us to be formed into His image. Regardless of your past, we all have wounds. Our parents, childhood friends, relatives and/or teachers have all create wounds in our hearts at some point in our lives. We are all destined to hurt another person at some point in our lifetimes. However, it was never God’s intention for us to live wounded and shameful.

The great physician Luke told a story of the good Samaritan in Luke 10. A man was robbed and left for dead by robbers on his way to Jericho. A priest passed him without stopping, a Levite walked past and did nothing, but the Samaritan stopped and helped the man. The Samaritan felt compassion for the man. The man bandaged his wounds and poured oil on them. The Samaritan took care of the man as though he was his family. He knew that the man had been badly injured and was in need of care. The priest and Levite had no compassion on the man. The beaten and wounded man was seen as dirty and contaminated in their cultures. However, the good Samaritan saw a person in need and came to his rescue.

If you are like me, then you have A LOT of wounds. I am not one with a wound or two. I have thousands of wounds that I am not even aware of. A physical doctor would get tired of patching up all the wounds in my heart. Once one is healed, another would immediately appear.

However, Jesus doesn’t get tired of healing our wounds. He exposes them because He intends to heal them. He uses relationships to expose our wounds. When He exposes these wounds, don’t walk away from His desire to heal you.

Stick and stay and allow Him to heal your wounds. The scars will tell many stories of His grace.

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Christina Faith

Christina Faith is an expert creative communicator. It is her goal to redefine the image of a Christian through the arts. She is a writer and director who holds a Master’s of Divinity from Palmer Theological Seminary. Christina Faith’s expertise in creativity affords her the opportunity to communicate relationships in an unconventional manner. Christina Faith loves people and loves to see them love each other better. You can view her work, including her new Web Series “Single and Anxious”, at CreativeThoughtMedia.com

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  1. Adam Smith says

    January 12, 2015 at 10:45 am

    Here’s some truth, Christina. Love the story you used from Luke. One of my favorites.

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    • Christina Faith says

      January 12, 2015 at 11:02 am

      Isn’t it amazing what God uses. Next week we deal with how to overcome depression after a break up since we are opening up a can of wounds.

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  2. Michael Johnson says

    January 12, 2015 at 5:00 pm

    I’m pretty sure that God allowed so many of my wounds so that I would learn to FORGIVE. If we’re made in His image we have to know how to do that, and I can’t learn to forgive without anything to forgive.

    Great post, Christina! Sharing this post with the Future Marriage University (FMU) community at https://www.youtube.com/user/FMUniversity. And I’d love your thoughts on this post from our FMU blog on forgiveness: http://f-m-u.com/Blog/two-reasons-need-forgive/.

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