It was a beautiful summer morning and I was so excited to be free to play outside. I immediately sensed an urgency to embrace the day as though it were slipping through my hands. Just after my morning bath, grandma had given me the green light. As fast as my three-year-old legs could run, I bolted toward the closest exit. CRASH! I stubbed my toe and fell right through the glass door. (The exact door behind me in the picture.) To this day, I can look down and see the scars of this tragic event from my childhood. The emotions I experienced dance with the scene of blood and glass is forever etched. The rejection I felt from my grandma’s disapproval from running in the house in conjunction with fear from the fall, crept in at a very young age, like a number on a scoreboard.
Rejection violates our deepest need; to build relationships. Relationships give purpose and meaning in our lives. Just like any childhood trauma, they can damage us mentally and physically. Our stories are like data with a soul. They can keep you bound and halt your true destiny from being fulfilled. Damage can come in all sorts of forms. Trauma, rejection, fear, shame, guilt, unforgiveness, abandonment, and abuse can all create open wounds in our soul that carry into our adulthood.
You can have battle wounds without having open wounds. God can heal and restore all things. Be encouraged my friend! Psalm 34:17-19 reads in the Amplified Bible,
17 When the righteous cry [for help], the Lord hears And rescues them from all their distress and troubles. 18 The Lord is near to the heartbroken And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).
19 Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous, But the Lord rescues him from them all.
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