Go to the Great Physician, Don't Camouflage

Last week we talked how it would be easier for us to tell if others were hurting if their pains were visible - like the knot on the tree.

 Everyone has hurts in their lives, it matters not if they are small or large, everyone needs compassion.

As I continued to take photos I happen to step to the other side of the tree and noticed something interesting.....

It looks as if the tree or a nearby try was trying to camouflage the  knot on the tree. I began to realize that may of us try to camouflage our pains as well by many different methods.

• Putting on a front like everything is great in our lives
• Eating to sooth our pains
• Shopping
• Drugs
• Alcohol
• Sex

There are many different ways that we try to cover our pain - this is just a small list to what lengths people will go to try to camouflage their pain.

I knew there was a major lesson to be learned from this tree and its seemingly camouflage - and I had to spend some time on my hike the next day praying and asking God to give me insight. He reminded me of something I learned at one of the camp meeting seminars about God being our Great Physician.

God is not just concerned about our physical health- He wants to heal us completely - physically, mentally, spiritually. When we see Jesus healing people in the Bible - we notice something very interesting - He did not heal them just physically - but completely.

We have a great Physician. When we are hurting we need to take those hurts to Him and allow Him to heal us. We don't need to try to camouflage the pain- And push the pain away with the list of things above - we need to take them to Jesus the Great Physician and ask for healing. It might mean asking day by day- thankfully He never leaves us nor forsakes us. We can trust Him with our pains and our hurts.