Visible Wounds

As Christ heals throughout the Gospel, we see him address both visible wounds and invisible ones.

The same is true for us. It's easy to see when our arm is broken—it's painful, it looks out of whack, we know exactly what needs fixing.

But the wounds we bear in our hearts and souls? Those are so much harder to see.

We walk around with hurt, anger, fear, or shame buried so deep we've forgotten it's there. We've learned to live with a limp—to function around the pain, to compensate for what's broken inside.

Sometimes the first step in asking for healing isn't describing our symptoms—it's asking to see the wound in the first place.

Which we also see in the Bible. The blind man who cries out, "Lord, let me see." He knows something is wrong, but he needs sight before he can even understand what needs healing.

Maybe that's where we start too. Not with a diagnosis, but with a prayer: "Lord, help me see what I can't see."

Because you can't heal what you won't acknowledge. And you can't acknowledge what you can't see.