[Tuesday's Devotional] - It Heals Our Wounds

It Heals Our Wounds We live today in a world of wounded and broken lives - not just the material wounds of high speed living, war and destruction - but the spiritual wounds of broken homes, addiction and hopelessness. In Jesus' day, society may have looked very different from ours, but the wounds were still there, and He dealt with them, just as he does today. Before Jesus, others healed by the power of the Spirit. In my recent 'Read the Bible in a Year' readings I have reached 2 Kings, I started a couple of years ago so clearly I'm a slow work in progress! I have so enjoyed re-reading the ministries of Elijah and Elisha – awesome stuff! In 2 Kings:5 we are introduced to Naaman, an honourable man, but a leper. We see great faith and courage from the young slave girl (who had been captured in a raid on Israel). She risked her life to tell Naaman's wife that there was a prophet in Israel who could cure Naaman, for if she was wrong she would most likely have been killed for causing trouble for her master. Naaman on the other hand, showed no faith and went away in a rage because he was told to wash seven times in the dirty waters of the Jordan. Some healing is immediate but often it is a process. Naaman's servants also showed faith: "But his servants came near and said to him, "My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?" 2 Kings 5:13 [NIV] Do we have the courage to speak and tell others of the healing grace of God? We may endure torment for doing so, yet in spite of our own brokenness, be assured that the power of God's Spirit within us can make the wounded spirit whole. Naaman was healed and no longer called God, Elisha's God, but embraced Him as the God of the whole world.  His miracles, signs and wonders are the same yesterday, today and forever. Watch the video below to see and hear the song, filmed at St. Matthew's, Rugby in 2001. Dawn Milward Songs of Praise - 2001 from Saint Matthew's Church, Rugby Twitter Website Copyright © 2017 St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a subscriber to the Daily Devotionals Our mailing address is: St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church 1a New Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 7BE United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Want to be added to our mailing list? - sign up here!