A free-tailed bat with an injured wing found a quiet, orange place to rest and recover. Things went well until the orange place suddenly began to move…rapidly. Three engines ignited with such force that mere seconds later the orange place was moving 17,180 mph. The orange place was the side of the space shuttle. NASA scientists admit the bat probably died.
When we are wounded, our tendency is to be bat-like. Too often our pattern is to go off by ourselves and try to lick our wounds. We want to find a place out of the public eye; we don’t want to seek help; and, we don’t really want to deal with the situation.
When we are wounded, Christ points us in the right direction: reconciliation and correction. We need to identify our hurt and seek to be quickly reconciled to the brother or sister who wounded us. If we don’t we can end up in a place that does not contribute to restoration. Instead, it simply explodes.
If you’ve been hurt lately, remember the bat!
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