After my time in Afghanistan during the war I fell into a great depression, I could not function The guilt and pain inside of me was overwhelming. I went to see my doctor I was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. I began a barrage of medications and counselling, but I never felt OK, often times the side effects of the medications made me feel worse. It was not until A local pastor came to my home and prayed with me for weeks that I turned the corner.
Some turn to alcohol, drugs, or emotional eating,( this one was my favourite in the past). The problem that I and others like me face is that these vices typically end up making us feel worse then we did before we did them, this regret compounded with the original pain traps us in a cycle of guilt and regret. It can be a vicious cycle, we feel unfulfilled.
So where do we turn? I now run to Jesus like a child running into the arms of a loving parent. I allow His love and grace to strip away my pain. I don’t recite some special prayer, I just talk to Him like I would anyone and ask for His help. He does the rest. We can find rest in Him.
11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
The world needs the healing touch of Christ and you and I have been chosen to bring the power of God’s love to the entire world. We must seek out the sick, the weak, and the lost. We must not sit on our hands hoping that they will come to us, rather we should extend our arms like a ray of light cutting through the darkness and with great confidence take to the streets of the world healing all manners of sickness and pain.
The things that plague this world have no chance against the power given to us by the Holy Spirit. I can see great miracles being performed in the near future by simple people like you and me, armed with nothing but God’s love, AIDS patients will be cured, cancer will be removed not by a scalpel or by chemotherapy, but with the simple gesture of laying a hand on a persons shoulder. Jesus is our spiritual and physical band aid, all manner of sickness or pain can be taken away simply by believing in Him.
147:3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
From Patrick a servant of God chosen to be an apostle of Jesus Christ.
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