Last week my granddaughter came to spend the night. As she sat on my lap she showed me that on her right big toe was a hangnail. I told her that I could take care of it for her and she would not have anymore pain. That was ok until I brought out my shiny clippers and headed towards that toe. All of a sudden she began to squirm and I had not even gotten close to her.I reassured her that I would be careful and try very hard not to hurt her worse than what the hangnail had and that she would be much better once I cut it off.
She let me procede and just as I barely touched her toe she cried out, "OUCH Mamaw it hurts!
I told her that it would only take a second and her pain would end. She let me continue until I got the hangnail removed and then she smiled, jumped down and began to play again...."Pain Free!"
Sometimes this is what God has to do for us. Our lives may sometimes have the minor pain of a hangnail or greater pain than we are able to bear. But He lovingly takes us into his arms and administers the cutting away of that pain. Sometimes it is immediate and sometimes it is a process. We are just like little children and squirm and fear. We pull away from Him and make the process even take longer sometimes, but He is a patient Father.
When at last the work is finished we too will look up to Him in love and thanksgiving and we will be able to enjoy life again.
