My poor puppy, Aasha had an unfortunate thing happen to her recently. She was running in her backyard, and playing ball. She lives to run and play in her backyard! One day when I had her out, she yipped and cried two different times. I could see something painful had happened but I could not figure out what was going on with her. It puzzled me because she did not limp, and she came in the house and that was the end of it. A few days later I had her out and when she came in she had left a trail of blood drops behind her. Finally we saw that her one front nail had split right in half, and the wick or vein was exposed. Evidently the day she exhibited pain was when the nail probably split, and a few days later it broke completely. With my husband’s help, I cut the nail off and bandaged her. I was very nervous to do this but I knew it had to be done.
This morning when I went to re-bandage her she looked at me with a troubled look and cried because it was hurting her. Under her breath she began to growl softly at me, and I spoke to her firmly, and corrected her for growling. She stopped and submitted to me because she knows I love her. I understood she was trying to protect herself from further pain, and she did not want to be messed with. She looked at me as if she understood I was trying to help her yet I could see it all over her that she was in fear of more discomfort and pain.
I thought this to be a great analogy of us at times with the Lord as he deals with us in our times of needing His repair, correction, and mending. The Lord knows that we have areas of our life that need dealt with or healed. It is when He starts the process of working on us that we can feel a bit sensitive, and not want to be “touched” in our sensitive spots. We can become uncomfortable with His manner of dealing with us, and we could even become resistant to His discipline, and maybe even “growl” at Him. (not a good thing to do!)
2 Timothy 3:16 (AMP)
“Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will in thought, purpose, and action), “
Let us put our trust in Him to help us especially in those times in which we need our course corrected that we can serve Him in an unhindered way. God’s ways and wisdom are perfect and He knows exactly what we need. He will perfect, and bring healing to every area of our life that concerns us.