Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
For most people including myself when we get sick, we want to get better right away. But healing doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time, even though it might seem like a slow process. Often, we start to feel better and then try to overdo it. And we know what happens – we pay for it, and it sets us back more yet. We need to have patience and trust not only in the medical personnel, but also in God.
No matter if we need healing in body, mind, or spirit sometimes we wonder where God is. God has promised to be with us and is always with us. God promises to bind our wounds and restore our heart in His perfect timing, not ours. He is at work within us tenderly caring for us and holding us close. We need to trust in Him through the whole process and He will see us through it.
That is why it is so important to be part of a community of faith. So that we can be there for each other during that healing time. We are the Body of Christ when we care for one another by helping each other and lifting one another up. Sometimes we are healing ourselves when we are doing God’s work. When we help others, we are using the gifts that God has given us.
Another thing that we must remember is that the healing that we are wanting or searching for might not be the same healing God has in store for us. When we are sick in body, mind, or spirt it is a time for us to turn to God’s healing and mercy. When we do that, we show others what God can do, and it is a time for us to share our faith with others. It may seem hard when you are sick, but our words and actions can show others the love of God. God can even work through us when we are sick.
On our journey on our earthly road, we become sick may times in different ways. We yearn to get better, and it is an up and down process. Even when we get to the end of our journey here on earth we want to be healed. Guess what? We have that promise from God for what Jesus did on the cross for us. Death does not have the final word. God does. We need to think that death is the ultimate healing. For we have the promise of eternal life where there is no more pain or suffering. We need to be reminded of those who have gone before us and have kept the faith, who are now whole.
God’s Blessings,
Pastor Gary