Splinters

posted on Facebook December 18, 2011

Splinters

by Kristy Kay Murrell Deloach on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 8:36am

I have been told most of my life I am the extremely hard headed.  A friend said this to me the other day when I was really in a dark place and they were trying to help me out and I wasn't willing to listen.  Those words, brought back a memory of my mother who was the one who said I was hard headed the most, and that led to some deeper thoughts.

When I about 10 I had a splinter in my finger that was infected and hurting.  I went to mama about it and she said it had to come out and went to get a needle.  I took off running, out of the house and across the yard, no way she was going to stick that needle in my finger.  Mama came chasing after me, and she yelled, "Kristy Kay Murrell you are the most hard headed girl ever".    Finally she caught me held me down on the hood of our car and quickly got the splinter out.  The whole time I was screaming.  Then it was over, just like that over, it did not even hurt as bad a the splinter itself did.  Once it was out the healing began and within a week I had forgotten all about it till now.

So I came to this place of realizing that I am running, fighting and screaming in my heart when God is just trying to deliver me from something that is festering and hurting me.  The fact is it is going to happen, it has happened for my own good, I can either be held down and scream and fight or rest in His arms trusting my Heavenly Father that he only has the best for me.   Let Him quickly get the splinter out so the healing can began.

What the future holds, I do not know.  I can safely rest in this, My Heavenly Father loves me more than my mother ever did.  He will never leave or forsake me, I can just rest in His arms while He takes care of everything.  It will hurt for a bit but in the end the pain will be forgotten, He is doing this for my best.  I can say "It is well with my soul".

Kristy Kay Murrell Deloach
12/18/2011

"Though Satan should buffet, tho trials should come, let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate and hath shed His own blood for my soul. "