Healing

I am amazed at how our bodies can heal it self. My fingers were in a terrible state but now only seven days later they are just fine and ready to tackle the this weeks load of laundry! I got to thinking about how we too are in a terrible state. We are tainted with sin! It stains relationships and causes a great divide between us and God. And the sad thing is that nothing we do on our own will help. We can't be nice enough or try harder or go to enough church services or pray enough. We can't do anything but give our lives to Jesus. He is the only one who can heal us from this "illness" we all have. Paul the apostle wrote, "I do what I don't want to do and don't do what I want to do." (Romans 7:15) Isn't that the truth! We want to obey and trust and be like Jesus but we can't instead we disobey, lean on our own understanding and are selfish. When I look at my own life I see a drowning person trying to catch a second breath before sinking to the bottom of this pit we call life. At times I feel ok and then splash I jump in again and can't keep my self afloat. I like Peter must focus on Jesus and not on the things of this world. When we focus on him then the things of this world grow dim in the light of his Glory. He is the one who saves us from this evil world (Galatians 1) He is our only hope and a true refuge. He has experienced great troubles and trials, even temptation. He has compassion on us. He has over come this world so that we might be free from it's power. He is our healer both of body and soul. He is who we must cling to when all else fails. When we confess with our mouths and repent from our sins then and only then can his healing work in our lives. Relationships can be restored and forgiveness is granted. He wipes our filthy lives clean. His grace came with a hefty price but that price was paid for us when Jesus died on the cross. His mercy is new every morning! He will continue to give good gifts to his children. We are so blessed by our heavenly Father. He has made us fearfully and wonderfully. We are made in his likeness. Because of Jesus we can be forgiven and can be restored, truly healed and when the time comes we to will be with the father in his kingdom! What a day that will be when we are completely healed!

February 14, 2009

I LOVE VALENTINES DAY!
Well I do this year because it is the first year since Justin and I have been married that I haven't had to work delivering flowers all over Southern California. I was so glad to wake up to two love letters, one being from Justin of course and the other being God's word. Hilighted was the verses out of Proverbs 31. And it reminded me of things that I am good at and some things I need work on. I made crepes with lime sauce and we enjoyed chatting about where we would be eating for our date that evening. I would have had presents to open but I couldn't wait so Justin let me open them all the day before. He got me a much needed note book for school, a variety of dark chocolates and a nice little wooden dish I had been eyeing. We had cleaned the house and done the laundry the day before too so we had the whole day to relax and just be together. We didn't have to go to school or worry about a Bible study or have to be any where, it was a nice change to our normal Saturdays. I did how ever have scabs on my fingers from washing towels so holding hands was out of the picture but we were able to have a wonderful day just the two of us.