Jeremiah 30:16-17
For a couple of days now, these two words, restoration and healing, have been laying heavy on my heart and on my mind. I am learning more and more not to question, why I can't shake things, but instead embrace that they are hanging with me for a purpose. So, it is my hope today, that this post may reach just 1 person who needs these verses, or needs to know that they are not alone.
As it is human nature, we all fall short, suffer pain or loss, experience sickness, or something of the like. No person, life, marriage, or family is perfect. If you find yourself weathering a storm right now that has you battling yourself, your spouse, your family, or even sickness, these verses found in the book of Jeremiah may just be your anchor for today. I am finding in my life that the times in my life when I struggle that the pain and hurt, caused by whatever the situation may be, are eased so much through scripture. I have found that either researching scripture on specific topics or either just opening my Bible to a particular Book that I feel I am being pulled toward, I am able to lift up more purposeful prayers and those purposeful prayers lead to relief -- or healing.
I know for a fact, and came to terms with this past fall, that one of my biggest tripping stones was forgiveness. For as long as I can remember, I thought I was a forgiver, but not a forgetter. However, as I began to delve into myself, I came to the realization that I couldn't forget because I wasn't fully forgiving -- others or myself -- and that baggage was a weight that I was having to bear every day. And since I am human, I had and have my own demons and struggles that I had and have to deal with, and am thankful that today that is an area I am still working on, but am getting better at; so much so, that there are certain people and things that I have already been able to set free from me. One of the best ways I have found to do this, is praying for those that I need to forgive, that God would work on them the way He's working on me and help them find the healing and restoration that only He can provide.
I am battling my own areas of life in which I need healing and restoration and know that I will be clinging to these verses and this post for a while. I, just as everyone, face my own daily challenges, burdens, and demons, but am thankful that through purposeful prayers I am able to move on and through God alone am granted restoration and healing. May you also find the restoration and healing you desire through whatever means God sees fit in your life.
"Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security."
Jeremiah 33:6
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