Car rides are more than just driving.
As I was driving back home this afternoon, the Spirit was searching my heart for past pains and wounds. And after grudgingly remembering and re-experiencing the level of hurt and rejection I felt in those memories, I realized that I’m just not ready to dig it all up again.
And it’s ironic, because I’m rejecting the work of the Spirit, but it’s the rejection from many people that hurt me the most my whole life.
Then I came to the conclusion that I must be shrewd and careful about what I say and what I do, because the things I said/didn’t say or the actions I took/didn’t take could very well leave scars on someone’s heart, similar to my own.
And the truth is these scars don’t easily go away. It takes the miraculous work of the Spirit to completely and perfectly heal those memories, forgive, and live in freedom from those burdens.
Though I will fail to perfectly love, I must be more careful. I do not want to leave scars that are as deep as my own on someone else’s heart, because I know how much it hurts.
