Scab

Ever feel like you're in the "scab" phase of life?

Everything was going well until a sudden wound.
Something small as a paper cut, splinter, or tiny scratch.
Or maybe a large fall on some sharp rocks left a mark.

At first, you might not have noticed the injury.
But its presence will make itself known in a matter of time.

Pain.
Regret.
Wonder.
Then your reaction to begin the mending process.

Once a Band-Aid or Neosporin has been applied, everything inside that once was screaming with pain now rests at ease in the hope of healing.

But healing isn't over.

Almost immediately, your wonderfully created body takes over to begin renewal.
After nearly forgetting the wound, you begin to feel it once again.

Irritation.
Itching.
Tingling.
A scab has formed and it's taking everything in you not to rip it open.

What is the key?
Patience.

Patience in the faith of your body's healing abilities.
Easier said than done.

This ugly scab is now threatening your relationship with the healing wound.
If you give in to its torment, a permanent sign will forever mar,
But if you endure with the faith in the hope of future restoration, I promise you this:
Regret will not be a notion as you look back on the journey it took you to get to reinstated beauty.

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"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of thins not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the Word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible...[And all these people] through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escape the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect...Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Do not grow weary. Consider Him Who endured from sinners such hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted."

Hebrews 11:1-3, 11:33-40, 12:1-3