By Lisa Buffaloe
Four weeks ago, I had two unfriendly looking spots surgically removed from my back and shoulders. One area was deep enough to require both internal and external stitches. Thankfully, all biopsies came back fine.
However, the deepest area still hasn’t healed and remains red and tender to the touch. During the day I can usually ignore the problem, but getting comfortable at night is quite a predicament.
This morning while preparing the ointment and bandages, I just happened to glance at our antibiotic cream’s expiration date. Oh my goodness, the date was LONG past overdue. Argh! No wonder I wasn’t healing.
I have places in my heart that seem to take far too long to heal. But I also have a tendency to overlook issues until all is quiet, then insecurities and memories cause an uncomfortable restlessness.
Ignoring problems are only Band-Aid(R) fixes. Covering them with self-made medications, or feigning self-ignorance, doesn’t work any better than long expired antibiotics.
God is the Great Physician. He repairs heartaches, the damages brought by our own sins or the sins of others, and hidden hurts from someone else’s mean or careless actions or remarks.
If I keep applying expired medications, my sore won’t heal. And if I keep trying to handle things my own way, with my own ineffective methods, my soul won’t get well.
So I’m throwing out the bad meds and applying God’s truth and healing for both body and soul.
“Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, for You are my praise” (Jeremiah 17:14 NASB).
Lisa Buffaloe is a madly in love with God, Christ-follower, happily-married mom/writer/blogger/speaker. God has helped her through molestation by a baby-sitter, assault, rape, divorce, cancer, death, seven surgeries, and years of chronic illness due to Lyme Disease . For more information, please visit www.LisaBuffaloe.com
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Four weeks ago, I had two unfriendly looking spots surgically removed from my back and shoulders. One area was deep enough to require both internal and external stitches. Thankfully, all biopsies came back fine.
However, the deepest area still hasn’t healed and remains red and tender to the touch. During the day I can usually ignore the problem, but getting comfortable at night is quite a predicament.
This morning while preparing the ointment and bandages, I just happened to glance at our antibiotic cream’s expiration date. Oh my goodness, the date was LONG past overdue. Argh! No wonder I wasn’t healing.
I have places in my heart that seem to take far too long to heal. But I also have a tendency to overlook issues until all is quiet, then insecurities and memories cause an uncomfortable restlessness.
Ignoring problems are only Band-Aid(R) fixes. Covering them with self-made medications, or feigning self-ignorance, doesn’t work any better than long expired antibiotics.
God is the Great Physician. He repairs heartaches, the damages brought by our own sins or the sins of others, and hidden hurts from someone else’s mean or careless actions or remarks.
If I keep applying expired medications, my sore won’t heal. And if I keep trying to handle things my own way, with my own ineffective methods, my soul won’t get well.
So I’m throwing out the bad meds and applying God’s truth and healing for both body and soul.
“Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, for You are my praise” (Jeremiah 17:14 NASB).
Editor’s note: Find out more about “The Dangers of Using Expired Medication”