Get to the ROOT

Get to the root

I think it’s funny how God uses my body to teach me lessons. I’ve been reading The Love Revolution by Joyce Myer. The main gist of the book is that the root of most, if not all, sin is selfishness. I can agree and have seen it in my own life. I try to be as selfless as possible, but sometimes I do things out of selfishness. God used this book and my whart finger to teach me an important lesson. What your whart finger??? Yes, my whart finger.

 

                                                     

                                                                              My whart finger 🙂

I’ve had a planters whart growing on my right pointer finger for almost 2 years. I didn’t want to go to the doctor because it would cost money, money I didn’t really have and effort I didn’t want to put forth. So I put it off and put it off.

At first it was small. It was under the surface and didn’t look that bad, but as time went on and I didn’t do anything about it it grew. It started to eat away at my flesh. When I decided to do something about it it had already spread. I tried freezing it off at home and putting whart bandages on it, but nothing I did worked.

So I gave in and went to the doctor after 7 months of ignoring the problem and trying to treat it myself. My doctor froze it off every 3 weeks for a total of 9 times right before the World Race which cost me well over $300. Everytime it was painful and I could see the ugly dark seeds that were under the surface. I could see the roots that were deep. It finally went away in July this year after using more whart medicine.

I told God “If you get rid of my whart I will post a blog in gratitude!” So here it is, but it’s more than a whart story it’s about sin which we all deal with.

Sin, whatever that is for you, whether it is selfishness, lust, pride, envy, sexual immorality, alcoholism, etc it’s like my whart. It might start off small and unnoticed by others or maybe you’re in denial. Maybe it’s exposed for all to see, but you just don’t care. Maybe you don’t want to treat it because you will have to see the ugliness in yourself. When you get to the roots or seeds it isn’t pretty, but it is necessary to get rid of the sin. If you ignore it it will spread. If you don’t take it to God, the ultimate physician, it will never go away. We try to fix it on our own, but we aren’t strong enough to fight our sinful nature. We need God’s help.

What is your whart that you are ignoring? Are you going to wait until it spreads? It takes a lot of effort to get rid of your wharts, but it is worth it in the end. What is the root cause and are you going to go to the doctor?