WOOD!!! What did you think I meant? Gee willikers! We were given logs to strip the bark off for a roof. This type of work always seems to be therapeutic to me. I love doing physical labor like this. What I didn’t know was the Lord was going to speak to me through it. It’s funny because He actually was speaking the same to some of my fellow teammates.
As I was stripping the weathered hardened bark on this tree I could hear the Lord say, “This is what We are doing my child”. Wait what?! Oh…together We are stripping down my walls and hardened heart. I hear You Lord.
As I continued, sweat kept dripping into my eyes. This is work.
“Yes, my child tearing these walls down that you have spent years building is going to take work on your part. You are going to have to be willing to work through all of your stuff and allow those walls to come down. You will need to trust others.”
Okay, so I will need to be bare like how I am making this log bare. It is going to feel uncomfortable at times, but I will grow from it. I will find healing by allowing others in and sharing my story uncensored. There will be no walls to hide behind because I will be openly honest.
Ugh. My body is beginning to ache. Look my hands are blistered! I don’t know if I want to keep doing this anymore.
“My Beloved, I know it will hurt at times and you will want to give up. Don’t let Satan have this hold on you. You will pour out your soul as I strip away your walls. You will share your testimony with other hurting people. The scars given to you have made you stronger not weaker. I have made good come from them so you may bring Me glory by sharing your struggles.”
Okay. I think I am beginning to follow. Aww…smell that! Stripping this wood gives off a sweet aroma. Love it! I am sure the Lord is inhaling the sweet aroma of healing as I tear down my walls. So I know when I am tired of everything You will remind me of the sweet aroma and how amazing the end product is. I feel so accomplished after I finish each log and my body knows it has done something.
"Yes, Beloved. Keep the faith. The end product has the sweetest fragrance you can imagine."
