26 - Green Over Gray

Day 26: Something You Read Online.

Leave a Link and Discuss, if You'd Like.

Putting Out the Fire Isn't Enough.  

I read THIS POST (click for link) a couple months back and loved it...

He talks about our need for healing, specifically after the ending of a toxic relationship.  He says that most people feel relieved when all the drama ends, assuming the major crisis is over, yet they are still internally injured and in desperate need of God's grace and healing.

My favorite part:

"The immediate relief of putting the fire out allowed me to believe it was over... I wasn't still burning, but I was still burnt. I was out of the crisis, but the crisis wasn't out of me... Healing, real healing, is a process we have to enter into after the crisis ends. It's an intentional choice... It has taken time for new life to spring up amid the devastation in that field of trees, but eventually green triumphed over gray. Given enough time and attention, I believe we see the same triumph in the places we've been burnt."  ~Scott McClellan

I heart metaphors, and I loved the illustration he used here.  I think it's important to remember in having grace for myself.  In my case, after almost a year of fighting through it, the "fire" was officially put out on 7-7-14... but it does take time to heal.  This post was just a really encouraging reminder for me that in spite of being burned and feeling nearly dead, as I choose healing, new life is gradually springing up, and green will triumph over gray!!