Where the Healing Begins

Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you were hurting? Dumb question. Of course you have. And if I were to take a guess, I would say that you only show that you hurt when you are alone. When you are around other people, say your friends, family and at church, you probably put on a mask and act like everything is A-OK. Hmmmm...that's what I thought. Guess what? Me, too.

Tenth Avenue North has a song from their latest album called "This is Where the Healing Begins." It tells the story of someone who thinks they have to hide their pain.

"Afraid to let your secrets out
Everything that you hide
Can come crashing through the door now
But too scared to face all your fear
So you hide but you find
That the shame won't disappear"

Even when we think we have to hide our pain/mistakes/fear, God is waiting there to take it all in. He wants us to give these things over to him. A beautiful thing happens when we finally decide to do so. The healing begins.