Normally I would be talking about COVID-19, but tonight I want to talk about healing. Sometimes we go through things in our life that causes us pain, but in the pain that we are feeling, there is healing for the pain. Pain comes in all forms. When we are hurting from pain, we want the pain to go away right then, and sometimes it does, but sometimes it doesn’t, we have to wait for the pain to subside, and that can take a long time. Healing does not start on the surface; it starts from within. It starts from within our heart and soul, but we have to condition our mind to receive the healing that we need to make the pain go away. We have to let go of past hurts in order to be completely healed, and that will give our mind a chance to heal from all of the bad memories that we hold there.

Healing is what is needed around this whole world. Look at everything that is going on now. War, COVID-19, death, sickness, and destruction everywhere; when will the healing start? When will the pain end? When will things go back to normal? Is this the new normal? Every time you turn on the television, there is something being said about someone being killed, or a storm has devastated neighbourhoods, fires destroying everything in its path, and there is just no end to it all. So many hearts have been hurt because of all of this. I know lives were spared, but it is the memories that were lost in it all that will take time to heal through it all. Starting over can be hard when you don’t have the means to do it. That is where faith comes in. God always makes a way where there seems to be no way. When we are least expected, He shows up and turns things around for the better. When that happens, all of the pain that we were feeling somehow melts away.

See, Jesus is the healer of our soul. Healing is in His hands. Healing is in His words that He speaks to us through the Spirit, and through the Word of God.

HEALING SCRIPTURES:

Psalm 147:3-The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gahtereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Psalm 147:3- He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 30:2. O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. Psalm 41:3

Jeremiah 17:14-Heal me O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.

Isaiah 41:10-Fear thou not; for I am wit thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

James 5:14- “Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the mane of the Lord”.

So, we see where our healing comes from. Healing is a process; it comes with emotions that we have to get over so we can heal from the pain that is within us. It may not happen overnight, but it will happen. One day at a time we have the opportunity to do something that can take our mind off of the pain that we feel on the inside. When we do positive things, we do not think about what is making us hurt. It is better to be positive in the pain than to be negative in happiness, because pain is just for a short time, but happiness keeps the heart happy, and the soul filled with delight. Well, this is all I have for now. Thank you for following me on my journey with Food for the Soul. God bless, stay safe. ©2022

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6‭-‬7 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/php.4.6-7.KJV

What if anxiety can bring you closer to Jesus? Jordan spent a whole year praying his anxiety away until he discovered something deeper—a stronger relationship with Jesus. Maybe you can relate to his story:  “I think I’m going to die.” That’s exactly what I thought to myself numerous sleepless nights last year. I would try to fall asleep, only to be woken up in terror for no particular reason. My chest was tight. I felt like I was choking, and I couldn’t breathe at times. The cycle would repeat, and eventually I resigned myself to sleep on the couch so I’d stop waking up my wife.  One day, I went to a doctor and explained my symptoms—the chest pain, the trouble falling asleep, and the panic attacks. After a couple of tests over a few visits, he diagnosed me with anxiety. Can I be honest? It made me feel like a failure as a Christian. Hadn’t I been praying against this the right way? I’m not supposed to deal with this, I would think to myself, I’m supposed to have peace and not worry—that’s what Jesus said to do! After following the doctor’s instructions and starting to take a small dose of medication, I continued praying for anxiety to just go away. I didn’t want to have to deal with it anymore. In 2 Corinthians 12, in the NIV translation, Paul described his “thorn in the flesh.” While we never know for sure what Paul’s “thorn” was, anxiety can certainly feel like one for a lot of people, including me. Paul said that he pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away, but instead, Jesus told him, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (emphasis added) The grace of Jesus is sufficient, no matter the circumstances. As I began praying for healing, I began to draw closer to Jesus. Like Paul, God hasn’t taken away my “thorn.” However, I’ve found myself more passionate about reading His Word, and I’ve prayed more than I ever have before. I thought what I needed was healing for my anxiety. In reality, I needed more of Jesus. Now, I’m not saying if I had been closer to Jesus that I wouldn’t have had anxiety. I’m also not going to stop praying for anxiety to leave. I keep praying to be delivered from this thorn just like Paul did.  But something even better is happening to me than being instantly healed from anxiety: I’m developing a deeper understanding of God and a richer relationship with Him.  Instead of just praying for peace, I found myself drawing closer to the Prince of Peace. When I began to worry about my future, I reminded myself that He is the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end, the first and the last. I prayed for my anxiety to go away, but I found something much better: the overwhelming, loving presence of Jesus in my life—even in the midst of anxiety. -Jordan

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/2th.3.16.KJV

A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:16‭-‬33 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/jhn.16.16-33.KJV