Picking Spiritual Scabs

As a kid, I was intrigued by scabs: “How’d the body do that? And look how easily you can pick it off, see the dotted, white skin underneath, and then it grows back again…like magic.”

Needless to say, times have changed since 1st grade – including my outlook on wounds, scabs, and scars.

Life teaches us that some of the nastiest scrapes and deepest wounds never crack our skin, but they pierce our souls. And, while we can’t put a physical band-aid on our bleeding hearts, God in His infinite, healing love knows how to form an invisible scab to protect the healing process.

But sometimes, it’s still so tempting to pick at the scab. It’s not enough for us to move out of God’s way so healing can manifest – without meddling. We are strangely adept at finding ways to justify why the picking must begin.