Saturday Writing by Carol Steficek......6/10/17

Good morning,

Today the reading is titled "WOUNDED HEALERS," and it was written by Carol Steficek.
Her topic includes the fact that Jesus took our punishment and He was a healer of the suffering. Think about the title. That is the opening to the fact that we, who are wounded, have a calling to also step into the healing work of Jesus.  Carol wrote, "We have all been wounded.  God has come to our rescue.  He expects us, in turn to heal other's wounds.  Who can best be a healer?  One who has been likewise wounded and can understand the one who needs healing."

It is my hope that many of us reach out to help people who are suffering and need healing. It would mean being as Jesus was.

God bless

Carol & Corinne

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Today's Devotional 

"WOUNDED HEALERS"

"But He was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities; 

the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
and by his wounds we are healed."

Isaiah 53:5

    

    How does Jesus know us?  How does He know our needs and longings?  How is He able to help us?  Jesus became true man as well as being true God.  He could only know our struggles by entering into them with us.  He could only save us from our sins by taking all of them upon Himself in our place.

    

     

     How do we help heal people we come in contact with?  We must do the same thing for them that Jesus does for us.  We must enter into their struggles.  We must go to them to rescue them.  We must put aside our own needs and become aware of the needs of others.  We must enter into their lives.  Only then can we become true blessings to them.

     The book of James in the New Testament talks about faith without works being dead.  It doesn't help anyone who is cold and hungry if you just say a blessing over them and leave them where they are miserable.  It doesn't help anyone who is mourning the loss of a loved one if there are no arms to encircle them and no one to dry their tears.

   

  

We have all been wounded.  God has come to our rescue.  He expects us, in turn to heal other's wounds.  Who can best be a healer?  One who has been likewise wounded and can understand the one who needs healing.

Written by

Carol Steficek

"You Alone Can Rescue"

sung by
Matt Redman & Jonas Myrin

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Here is an uplifting graphic

for you to think about.

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you by the Devotional Writers 

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of Women's Focus Ministries.

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