Consider a small cut on your hand or leg.
Maybe you nicked yourself with a knife, or got caught on a sharp branch while walking in the woods.
The bleeding stops immediately, and the wound closes up in a day or two.
After that, there’s a mark—not something that’s causing active discomfort, but it’s still there.
Not for a day or two, but for a matter of weeks, sometimes a month or more.
The time from the initial bump or scrape to a mark completely disappearing always seems to last longer than I expect it to.
The healing, that is.
It happens, but not right away.
It happens, but slowly.
It happens, but not on my timeline.
The miracle is, it always happens.
The wounds, inside and out, they always heal.
