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Divine Healing
This article is not about faith-healing, miracles, or such as that. But it is about the healing that God provides.
Thread holds the pieces of a garment together. Take out the thread, and you no longer have a garment.
A surgeon uses thread too. But eventually the thread dissolves or is removed at the doctor’s office.
So why does a garment always need the thread, but the body doesn’t?
One is living and the other isn’t. Flesh mends itself—a marvelous tribute to our great Designer. “I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made . . .” (Psalm 139:14 NASB).
God designed not only the body to heal, but also the spirit within.
We speak of broken hearts and hurt feelings. Inner pain is just as real as a deep wound in the flesh--and can be even more painful.
No matter how deeply we feel the pain of a loss, we can still experience healing. “. . . Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death” (Genesis 24:67).
What happens when we are torn by the things people say or do? We can resent, or we can recover. We can hate, or we can heal. A festering wound that never heals is neither pleasing to God nor good for us.
But we must decide to be healed. Jesus asked the man who had been ill for 38 years, “Do you wish to get well?” (John 5:6). As has been observed, not everybody does.
Do we really desire release from the deep hurts we receive in our relationships with others? Do we really want to get well?
Even if reconciliation is impossible, due to the unwillingness of the other party, we can make up our minds to put the past behind us and move on—with a smile.
Although it is not always God’s will for our bodies to heal, it is His will for us to enjoy spiritual health. Why go on hurting? Why not rather be healed?
