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Blog By Barbara Latta Guest Post by Debbie Wilson
This week we are honored to hear from Debbie Wilson as she launches her new book, Big Hurt, Bigger God. The link to order is at the end of the post as well as Debbie's website where you can enjoy more inspiring articles.
Please welcome Debbie!
Must I Forgive More Than Once?
A cartoon
in the New
Yorker magazine showed an exasperated father saying to his
prodigal son, “This is the fourth time we’ve killed the fatted calf.” God does
that over and over in our lifetime.
—Bruce Larson, Setting
Men Free
At the beginning of my senior year of high school,
my parents let me drive our carpool to school. This was our first parent-free
commute. My neighbor climbed in the passenger side, and I set off to pick up
the others.
As I turned the corner, my schoolbooks slid across
the bench seat of our Oldsmobile into my friend. When I reached for them, I
inadvertently turned into a parked car. Besides the humiliation of smashing my
parents’ and a stranger’s cars before I’d even left my neighborhood, I banged my
lip on the steering wheel.
Daddy called our family doctor to stitch it. My wound
continued to ooze clear fluid for at least twenty-four hours. That weekend a
swollen red lip accessorized the white tulle gown I wore to our senior ring
dance.
Deep emotional wounds, like physical wounds, must
be cleaned to heal properly. Forgiveness is God’s tool to clean our wounds.
A deep wound stings more than a surface scratch
when tended. And an oozing wound, like my lip, requires repeated cleanings.
How often do we clean our wounds? As often as they weep.
