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tive to touch.
For example, your mother may have
rejected you when you were young. She
didn’t hide her distaste for you, even told
you how you made her sick to her stomach.
From that point on, you have problems with
all the women in your life. You buck sound
teaching and mentorship, you disrespect
older women all because your wound is still
Sensitive to Touch.
Another example, your father aban-
doned you when you were young. So you
do one of two things, you smother a man to
death so he won’t leave or you run him off
because you think he’ll leave you any way.
Your wounds of abandonment are still Sensi-
tive to Touch. You may have been molested
by your cousin or uncle, even your aunt. As
a result, you equate sexual intimacy with
your husband as something dirty and nasty.
You don’t enjoy intimate times with your
spouse, and each time he touches you, you
grow cold, frigid, angry. Your wound is still
Sensitive to Touch.
When someone touches our sore spots
that have not been completely healed, we
react in rage, anger, violence, suppression,
passive aggressiveness. The person on the
receiving end has no idea why we snap them
up like we do, or avoid them like we do, or
smother them like we do. They don’t know
about the wounds that you’ve so cleverly
covered up with a nice band-aid all your life.
Eventual ly, everyone is frustrated by a thing
that seems to be hidden from all parties
involved.
So what do you do? Well, first of all
you have to lay all of your wounds on God’s
altar. You have to believe by the stripes of
Jesus who died for you, you have the poten-
tial for deliverance from your wounds. As a
matter of fact, the bible says you are already
healed. We all have to accept that healing
as a very real thing. So on your knees you
should stay when you want your wounds
healed. Ask God to not make you so Sensi-
tive to Touch. Your wounds will be turned
into a witness for Christ, only if you allow
him to dress and heal them. Now remember
about the bike wound earlier? You can’t
keep picking at it, and lifting the band-aid—
making the wound bleed. Don’t rehash
the old stuff. And also be prepared for the
alcohol and peroxide God may put on your
wound to clean it out. In other words, your
healing may hurt. But remember every little
thing works together for the good of those
who love God and accept His calling for
their lives.
We all have hurt and pain embedded
deep down in our hurts. We all need a
leaning post, an encourager, someone to
understand us. God has given you that in
the form of the Holy Spirit. But he also
sends women of excellence with whom you
can form relationships. Women who will say
to you “Ah, ah, ah, stop picking at that spot,
you’re gonna make it bleed.” Listen to God
lead you to a safe harbor of health, and wait
as he heals the spots that are Sensitive to
Touch. 
DiAnne Malone is a book author, college
professor and founder of Who’s That Lady Blog.
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