Splinters and Glass Doors

It is interesting how God uses things in our lives to speak to us about our relationship with Him.

Have you ever had those moments when you wondered what God was up to? You had prayed, sought his guidance, read the Word and understood what he was asking of you. You took off only to run your nose into the glass door like the man in the Windex commercial. You recollect yourself, consider another direction and WHAM! Another glass door.

This has happened to me. Recently I received bumps on my head from running into those glass doors. Questions begin to pile up. “What did I miss?” “What is God asking me to do?” “Where is God taking me?” “God, please speak clearer.” And off I go – WHAM!

This last Saturday I was working pulling some dead plants out of our garden. Running my hand down into the dirt I stuck it on a thorn of some kind. A piece got caught in my thumb. The rest of the day I could feel the small bump there from the splinter. That night I took a needle and tried to remove it. It was buried deep and if felt like it was rubbing up against a nerve. I could not remove it. The next morning the thumb was somewhat swollen. I lanced it again and the splinter came out!

That morning we had a prayer service at our church. I again was seeking God and questioning Him. He spoke to me about my splinter. He has been digging around in my heart and spirit working at removing the “splinters” that were stuck there by life. There were splinters of guilt, anger, betrayal and other emotions that were wedged in my life. He was working to remove them, because these were leading me to run into the glass doors and not see the right way to go. There is some residual pain that remains from their removal but that will completely be gone soon. And so it is with our lives. God will work to remove the splinters in our souls so that we are not injured by them any more. It may hurt for a time, but the real healing will follow. We will not be bothered by them again.

What “splinters” is God working at removing from your life? Where are you running into your glass doors and feeling a little confused? God is there in the middle of it all.