The ultimate remedy
January 23, 2010
There has been something going around in the home lately. Several kids have had to stay home from school due to illness. One of the little girls, Marsela (pictured above), stayed home a few days ago. Usually always beaming, that morning she looked tired and miserable. While everyone was getting ready for school, she was curled up in her bed. I know when I’m sick, all I want is to be at home with my mom to take care of me. But Marsela had no mother to read her stories, rub her back, or hold her — so I thought I would take on that position. It so happened that it was the best type of medicine I could offer her. I read her book after book that morning. Soon she had them memorized and was reciting them with me. Her frown literally had turned upside down. Later that day she was jumping around with the other girls. I don’t believe that I healed her from whatever she had by just reading her stories, but I do believe that her spirits were lifted by some TLC.
When we are feeling spiritually ill or tired, sometimes we just need to spend some quality time with God. It can make all the difference in the world. How many times have we felt in a pit, and rejected what the Lord has to offer us. We don’t even have to wait for a prescription — we have all we need right now. In a sense, we must get our daily dose of The Word so we can stay spiritually fit. I know I often try to restore myself with other desires of this world, but Christ is the only cure for the heart, so why don’t we embrace this truth more often?
I will be leaving Tuesday morning! Please pray that the next few days are fruitful and dependent on the Lord!
Psalm 107:17-22 —
Some of you were sick because you’d lived a bad life,
your bodies feeling the effects of your sin;
You couldn’t stand the sight of food,
so miserable you thought you’d be better off dead.
Then you called out to God in your desperate condition;
he got you out in the nick of time.
He spoke the word that healed you,
that pulled you back from the brink of death.
So thank God for his marvelous love,
for his miracle mercy to the children he loves;
Offer thanksgiving sacrifices,
tell the world what he’s done—sing it out!
