I was once wounded by some very deep scars from my past that I thought I would never be able to get out of my mind. The guilt and shame was there with the scars also to follow me and remind me of the pain that I endured. I locked all of the wounds, guilt and shame up inside of my mind for way too many years, which made some very deep wounds and as the years past they left me with some very thick scars, until one day I met a friend that took me under her wing and cared for me as though I was an innocent newborn child that could do no wrong.
This friend was like an angel sent from above to give me shelter over my wounds for a moment and then to help lead me through my walk down the road of healing by mercy.
You see my friends, if we are not able to walk through our wounds and face the truth of why they actually happened and how they happened, then we can not get to that place of could we have ever prevented it from ever happening in the first place. We also have to come to a reality check, we are also at fault some where, some how for every thing that happens in our lives and we must take account for our actions and learn to stand and say, I take my part as being guilty and this is how I intend on correcting my actions, etc… it really took me a long time to understand that I had to take my part as being at fault, but I do understand it now. Thanks to my friend! I did not want to admit that I was wrong in my wounds and scars from my past. I just kept wanting to blame others for the way things had turned out, but the fact of the matter is, there is always a different way to respond to situations without placing blame out on someone else.
This is my main point, I had a special friend that helped me through some very hard times in my life and she also helped me to realize that my wounds can be a very good thing depending on how I choose to look at them through the eyes of the Lord. This is the way that I feel about my wounds, they have turned into a beautiful orchid and they are ready to open up and reach out to help others who may have wounds from the past or even the present. The orchid is a beautiful flower that’s meaning is pure love, kindness, beauty, beautiful lady, refinement and mercy. So, you see this flower has very special meaning to me in reaching out to those of you that may feel you have wounds that need to be healed by mercy. For it is only by the Mercy of the Lord that I can overcome the wounds from the past and the strength to strive forward.
