Tuesday, July 13, 2010

My healer


"There the LORD made a decree and a law for them, and there he tested them. He said "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you." Ex 15: 25-26

It's taken me a whole six months to begin to post again. I find myself still hanging where I left off. How do I speak of a God who defies words, defies description? The most I can do is paint glimpses of Him using the colours of His own words.

"I am the LORD, who heals you."

I'm been going through a miraculous process of healing. A coming together of fragmented parts and for the first time in my life I feel completely whole. All my pieces are back together again and together as one fully functioning unit we are moving towards my purpose.

I say we because though there is now one of me, there are still two of us. Me and my healer. My God my ever constant companion.

"I am the LORD, who heals you."

In the bible God speaks of himself revealing glimpses of his different attributes. Each attribute carrying a distinctive name in the Hebrew language. The God who heals... Jehovah Rophe. The forms of this healing are as wide and diverse as the oceans. Emotional. Spiritual. Physical. Total.

The God who heals desires wholeness in every aspect of our lives and more than that makes it possible. His unfailing promise of wholeness has remained constant.

The psalmist says of him

Praise the LORD, O my soul and forget not all his benefits
who forgives all your sins and heals your diseases. Ps 103:2-3

I am awed by the love and compassion of the the LORD who heals me made manifest through his Son.

In Matthew 8 we read of Jesus carrying out his healing ministry prompting Matthew to remark as he reaches the end of his description.

"That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast our the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick. This fulfilled the word of the LORD through the prophet Isaiah, who said "He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases" Matt 8:17-18

My healer. Faithful to his promise. Constant in his execution. Unfailing.

I find myself at the end of my ability to form words. I simply stand in awe.

"You are the God that healeth me,
You are the Lord, my healer
You sent Your Word and healed my disease
You are the Lord, my healer"





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