If the Bible doesn’t fit
Your life style choice today
And those pesky 10 commandments
Are definitely passe
Then who made all your rules
That tell you what’s PC?
And what is really good or bad
And says what has to be?
But if God is still creator
And Jesus is His Son
And the cross still takes away our sins
And heaven’s still to come
Then we’ve got hope
God is still good
He can forgive
our sin
He gave His life that we might live
And welcomes children in!
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses Matthew 8:17 KJV
Did you know that God is so intimately concerned with our physical needs that He has even counted the number of hairs on our head? We have a great hope that whether in this life or in the next; God will heal every disease, restore all that is broken and renew our youth like the eagles!
Whether sitting in a wheel chair in a nursing home or confined to a bed with a tracheotomy tube in order to breathe, Jesus offers the hope of complete and entire healing as one part of His promise of eternal life. That promise may be overlooked or forgotten by those in perfect health, but God does not forget. The same Jesus who was moved with compassion for lepers, the blind and the lame has promised to wipe every tear from our eyes. He not only has compassion for our aches, pains and disabilities but the Bible tells us that He took all of these onto his shoulders and carried them. If we continue reading in the chapter of Isaiah that Matthew quotes we see in the very next verse that it is by His stripes that we are healed. God is so very concerned for every one of our pains and infirmities that He allowed a whip to fall across the shoulders of Jesus. As He was wounded again and again we were being healed. Weak arms will be lifted, failing voices will sing again and deaf ears will hear the shepherd’s voice! When the things of earth have passed we will stand strong and eternally young in the presence of our ageless King!
Excerpt from 50 Days of Hope – A special devotional for residents, workers and family members of the long term care community.
I dreamed I was at heaven’s door
I heard its hinges creak
Around its frame a light shone out
As it opened for the King
“What have you brought?” He asked
“From your time on earth now through”
I didn’t know what I could say
I just had to tell the truth
So I talked about the mission’s trips
And how each day I prayed
And how I often read His word
And all the tithes I gave
When I stopped – he paused
And then He gently said
Those were not from your truest heart
But just rituals instead”
“But the forgiveness you gave your parents
When divorce left you alone
And love you shared with strangers
When you opened up your home
And sorrowful repentant tears
And confessions in the night
Those are the things I treasure here
And are precious in my sight!”
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