Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.
They say that, "time heals all wounds," but they, admittedly, say all kinds of silly things, don't they?
Saying that time heals all wounds is like saying that ounces makes all things heavy or that decibels make all things loud.
Time is merely a measurement. Time does as much to wounds as inches does to make things long or degrees do to make things hot. These are measurements of movements, not the catalysts. They don't cause anything to happen. They merely measure how much or how little of something is or isn't happening.
Grace and sin do things. Grace over time can grow good things and produce fruit in keeping with goodness. Sin over time can grow evil things and produce fruit in keeping in rottenness.
Time will either count the days of growing bitterness or of growing grace and gratitude. But time will not do either of these. Time will simply sit back contented to count the days — days either of grace working through faith that grow you in godliness or days of sin working through unbelief that checks grow you in godlessness.
All that to say, if you are counting on time to assist you, you might as well count on becoming embittered, not better, for time is powerless to do anything for you. It will only record the days you frittered away in ill-advised faith in it to do anything.
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