An interesting heart found me yesterday, and while I would normally share a photo, this particular "heart" would probably make you cringe. At least that's what my daughters did when I showed it to them excitedly. Their reaction? "Mom! Gross! But really cool!" I agree.
I recently cut my knee. Let's just say it was a skiing accident. (It was not) after removing the bandage, you guessed it, a small, dark red heart was revealed on the gauze. I chuckled to myself, and said aloud, "Of course it's a heart...", then snapped a picture and sent it to Steve.
He replied, "Oh wow. Even in pain, you see hearts!" I answered back, "Especially in pain, as it turns out." Because they do seem to show up when I need them the most, and I've needed them a lot lately.
I thought back to the moment of the tiny cut, and I hadn't even flinched, yet seemed to have lost a pint of blood. Well, not really, but I'm a bleeder and small cuts are like horror movies on my body.
I had a little fun with it, pushing up my pajama pant leg, and fake-limping out to where the girls were sitting. They were on to me, having seen my "fake pain" routine way too many times, knowing I always pretend something hurts when it actually does not at all.
But how easy it can be to also fool people into believing we are fine when we are not. When either our bodies, minds, or our hearts are off, but we just won't say it. We smile, joke as usual, not wanting to place that burden on anyone.
And sadder yet is the people who believe you.
One thing I know about any kind of pain is that it can be a warning of a bigger problem. Sadly, it's the inside pain that our loved ones can't see, because there aren't band-aids to display that for them.
A heart on a band-aid...a bandage for a heart.
I thank God for the healing He has done in my body and my heart, and is completing in me. And may He make me sensitive to the needs of those closest to me, particularly the ones I may not clearly see from the outside.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle"- Plato
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Eze. 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Blessings miss Jami
Beautiful! I think it's the invisible that can be so hard whether it is emotional or physical disease. You just don't look distressed. I also find that it's hard to explain how I'm feeling even when I try. So glad you find hearts everywhere. I will look for my own version of "hearts" as a way of God speaking to me.
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