Perspective

By Gerald Hochstetler

March 1, 2023

We are born and life begins through no choice of our own. As a little child we forgive and forget quickly, but as we get older, the wounds and the cuts just go too deep. Our parents disappoint us, friends betray us, we think we have found love, and then get dumped for someone else. We try to manage, and in many cases, we do a good job at hiding who we really are. 

In all honesty, most of us are hurting  and damaged beyond the ability to self-repair. The proud voice screaming, “I don’t need anyone, I could care less what anyone says, I am my own person,” is almost always extremely damaged and hurt. Rants, frustrations, lashing out at others, are reactions of unhealed wounds.

The focus is on others because we must avoid ourself. It just hurts too badly to go there. Some have scabbed over the wounds so well that they will laugh. “It is just a bunch of mushy nonsense,” they say. But they are angry, bitter, and wound those around them. They can’t help it. The wounded wound others. It’s just the way it works.

There is hope. Their is healing. Jesus was brutally slaughtered for your healing. He took it all on himself and paid the price. This is the healing it speaks of in Isaiah 53. By those stripes your inner being is healed. He wants to flood your inner being with healing so your spirit, soul, and body can be at peace. So that you can know rest and have peace. It is a beautiful thing. But you must be healed. May I speak metaphorically? Jesus is here. The Healer is here. Take up your bed and walk.

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