Heal, that’s the word for today. When I saw it early this morning I thought hmm… rather appropriate on a week when I’ve been battling some mystery illness. When being healed as soon as possible matters to me. I want to get back to work and life! I have things I want to get done. And then as I think the song with the line “heal our land” pops in my brain. Is it possible to combine them? In the end what came was Healing Takes Time.
Healing Takes Time
Healing needed
a church split
people hurting
hard words said
community involvement
people want it fixed NOW!
but… this healing
takes time
a listening ear
a pastor faithfully
presenting God’s word
talking, helping, listening,
reminding, disciplining,
presenting an alternative view
Slowly and surely
hurts heal even as
ramifications still rumble.
Healing needed
husband wife
struggle with
infidelity, or loss,
or theft or any
of the multitude of sins
that infest the world.
Trust lost takes time to regain.
Conversation, heart-talks,
prayer and time alone so
needed through time.
Today a conversation with
a lad reminded me of
how some people get ill
and healing is fast, it’s like
it seems that no time
is wasted, and others,
get ill and six months later
recovery is still progressing.
Fast or slow,
recovery takes time.
Sometimes, prayer results
in God’s intervention, and
surprises happen.
Healing, regardless, takes time.
Scripture Speaks
James 5:14-15
“Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.”
1 Corinthians 10:13
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”
Galatians 6:1-3
Yes it does!
Thanks!
Annette!
It’s so good to read your words again.
You shared so much in your five minutes, it took me at least two or three reads to really wrap it all in my mind.
Thank you for adding scriptures to it, as they are so powerful!
I’m down the road at space #33 this week.
May God bless you over and over!
-Tammy
(tammysincerity.blogspot.com)
Thank You Tammy, I’ll do my best to stop in!
Praying for the healing that is needed, that time will pass with growth included and strength will return in due time. God’s healing is not when we want it or how we desire it but it will come.
Thank you. And yes, I know! 🙂 God’s healing in all things is a matter of his timing isn’t it?
Our impatience often makes it harder for us to heal, don’t you think? Better to take the time and to trust God’s healing process. I like how your poem highlights time and trust and patience for healing.
Visiting from FMF#35
Thank you Kym, I’ve so learned the importance of patience, though admittedly, right now.. I am not patient… I simply want pain to go away NOW.
Hope you feel better soon, Annette.
Thank you Sandra