Happy Wednesday!

1 Peter 5:7 “Casting all your care upon Him; for He cares for you.”

At the close of Praise Team rehearsal each Wednesday evening we have a time of prayer. Each of us is asked if there are any prayer requests. Tonight there were several requests for healing. Tonight’s prayers were not just for physical healing but for healing of broken relationships.

This morning a group of us met for prayer and devotion before school. There we also name our prayer requests aloud and then write them down on sticky notes and trade them to prayer partners for the week. We also add other prayer requests and names in a book we have been keeping. Today’s prayers within our group were also about physical healing and the healing of broken relationships.

Physical healing, while at times a slow and difficult process, usually occurs with health and well-being being restored. There may be some scars, but pain and diseases gone or at least manageable and under control. The healing of a broken relationship takes healing to a whole different level. It is not as easy of the mending of bones or infection leaving your body. Healing of relationships I believe to be far more difficult. It is easier to forget the pain of a broken bone, but far more difficult to forget the pain of a broken heart. When physical pain subsides we do not go back and revisit it. When our hearts are broken, we too often return to the torment of the hurt and relive it all over again.

Sometimes in that broken relationship there seems to be darkness and a feeling of being so alone. I have learned when the sadness of brokenness is surrounding me and there does not seem to be any way out of the darkness that God’s radiant presence shines its brightest. In moments of hurt and adversity, God’s Presence fills our darkness with His light and His joy takes the place of our sorrow. In that Light that shines so bright we find strength, wisdom and, most of all, God’s love.

In this season of light look for God’s love and His light that shines in the darkness. And let the healing begin…!

Take joy in the journey. Wear comfortable shoes, count your blessings and say your prayers. Love you all so much, Bruce, Gaylene, Geni and Travis.

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I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe and I believe God.