“And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind,
the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet,
and he healed them …”
~ Matthew 15:30
As I sit here with a sinus cold thinking about what to write for the newsletter, it occurs to me, “Why not write about sickness?” A headache, sore throat, stuffy nose, relentless coughing; all are symptoms that each of us have felt before. What do we do when we are sick? Who do we turn to? Depending on the severity of the sickness we may consider going to urgent care or even to the hospital if we’re feeling horrible. Maybe you’re like me and you turn to modern medicine in the form of Dayquil, while drinking Pedialyte or hot tea. How do you respond to sickness?
Scripture is filled with many examples of people who are sick, afflicted, and diseased. In scripture we have heard about folks who cried out to God for healing; we have heard how masses of people approached Jesus to be healed. And what did Jesus do? He healed them. Sometimes we can be so fixated on our spiritual sickness [sin] and the healing we find in Jesus [forgiveness/justification] that we forget that Jesus healed physical ailments, too.
When you are sick do you turn to God in prayer? Do you remember that He cares for you and that His caring for you includes your body and physical well-being too? Let us be quick to trust in our Great Physician, to turn to Him for healing, and to believe that He is happy to give us healing.
Pastor Ben
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