Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one that I praise.
Looking down this morning I noticed on my ankle the remnants
of poison ivy or oak that I got into while doing yard work well over a month
ago even while wearing long pants. I wondered if it was going to leave a scar. I
scar easily. I have a scar on the knuckle of my right ring finger resulting
from a nip by my cocker spaniel when I got too close to her newborn
puppies. I was 5 or 6 at the time. The
scar on my right knee is from a bike tumble and on my hand from the fingernail
of a college PE teammate during a volleyball game. The one on my left knee is
from a running fall on the sidewalk last summer. I bruise easily, too but for the most part I
can’t say how I got the bruise and they disappear. The scars, however tell
stories of events in my life. Most of us probably have a scar or two from
accidents, abuse or surgeries. Some of
them fade with time or ointments while others remain. Yet we have other scars, too; scars from
emotional pain. Those are harder to heal. For these we can look to the healing hand of
the Great Physician. In times of
physical or emotional pain I often use the above scripture as a breath prayer,
repeating it over and over. I know that God has healed the scars from past
hurts although some of the memory lingers to remind me of God’s healing and of
the lesson I learned from it all. Look
to God when you hurt and you can receive healing, too.
Healing God, you know our scars. You know our pain. We ask your healing today. In Christ’s name,
Amen.
Blessings,
Paige
Paige
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