My Hurt

Me: It’s quiet in here.

Prodigal: Perfect place to meet.

My arm hurt a little today. I could see the two marks that were not there before. Two lines from where the iron had burned me. The iron was hot, so the burns were deep. How did I handle the hurt? That is a story to be told.

I was at my friend’s and several of us were together to sew. I am working on my first quilt. I am more than half way done, and can really see the quilt begin to take shape.

One of the things I like about sewing is that I can visually see as my projects grow. I love it when the project is finished ,and I can hold it in my hand. I would like to have the quilt done before Christmas which means that I have to be focused.

I had started slow that afternoon, but had started feeling the groove of the sewing machine as the needle went over the fabric and connected the pieces. I was connecting this piece and completing this square. I could see the bottom row develop before my eyes. My motivation grew as my fabric came together with the hum of the sewing machine filling my ears.

Before I continue, I have to share with you about how with quilting you have to iron your pieces as your sew. You will sew then iron. So an iron is always on, and put in another spot to use when you need it. This is why the iron can be very hot.

I was ironing some pieces and my right arm touched the metal spot in two places. I knew I had burned it.

I didn’t take time to look and figure out if I should treat it or not. I did not want to stop. I did not want to look at my arm that was hurt. I had a plan ,and I wanted to finish. I did not want any interference.

I went back to sewing, and one of my friends pointed out that I had burned myself. I looked at it and it was bright red with marks. I was just working through the pain. She said it looked like it needed some attention. So another friend got some aloe from her plant, and some bandage, and doctored my arm. After the aloe was put on it, my arm did feel better. See my arm was hurt, and I did need to look to it.

I know some of you are thinking why not stop? It is just sewing? What is wrong with you that you can’t just tend to your arm when there were others to help, and their was aloe there. I didn’t think it mattered ,and I told myself I really was not that hurt. Admitting hurt, meant admitting that I had to do something about it. That maybe my pain was also due to an accident on my part. Thankfully my friends were there to help, and support me. Thankfully I was able to receive what I needed so that my arm could heal.

I want to say more though, see some of us don’t have marks on our arm that represent a burn. We have emotional hurts that were caused by another. We have told our self that it did not matter. We tell our self you don’t have time to deal with it. We also tell our self that we really do not hurt.

That emotional hurt does matter, and we have been hurt. We have a mark that has been left because of the hurt. There are people who will give us support, and resources that can help us. We just have to stop, and let them help us.

We think it doesn’t matter but God is saying that it does matter. He wants to heal us. He knows when we are hurt even if nobody else sees it. He knows that healing may be more important than the cleaning, the spreadsheets, the meeting and the organizing.

He just wants us to be still, and know that He is God. He wants us to take the time to hear Him. He will show us the people who can help heal us. In this time, we will not go without being hurt, but God will provide a way to heal that hurt.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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