Healing

"Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever."  taken from The Westminster Catechism

Healing.

The answer is yes.  I pray for healing.  And Pete prays for healing.  And our kids pray for healing for me.

Truth be told, though, I have a bigger prayer. We have a bigger prayer.

A prayer that God placed inside of me as a young girl.
A prayer that has been at the center of my being ever since.

That my life would make much of Him.  Of Jesus.  And His work in me.
Because this life is not about me.  Or my health.  Or my family.

This life is about Him.  It's about Jesus and His redemptive work on the cross.  About Jesus coming to this world to make a way for us to spend forever with Him.

And so, yes.  I do pray for healing.  But that is not my central prayer.  That is not the prayer that leads me to my knees, begging God for His work.  That prayer remains, "God, my life is in your hands.  Do with me what will make the most of You.  What will show the world around me the most about You.  What will bring the most glory to Your Name.  Make my life less about me and more about You."

Perhaps this will come through healing.

Perhaps it won't.

But, I gave my heart to the God of this universe when I was a young girl.  He loves me.  He wants what is very best for me. And He is in control of both this universe and me.  And there I will rest.

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
Jeremiah 17:7-8