Inspire Me!

By Pam Best

"Can I not do with you as this potter does?" declares the Lord. "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand." Jeremiah 18:6

Total healing is more than soothing painful memories, more than forgiving and being forgiven of harmful resentments, even more than the reprogramming of our minds. Healing is the miracle of God's recycling grace, where He takes it all and makes good come out of it, where He actually recycles our hangups into wholeness.

My Interpretation:

I used to think that there was something terribly wrong with me and with my mind (I know that there are those of you who know me who believe that too...*smile*). The memories of my past still visited me in nightmares and broken relationships. My logic, which is shaped and fashioned out of the imprints of my past, is still warped...regardless of my attempts through prayer and therapy to reprogram it. I don't want to be the emotional wreck that I oftentimes am. I have no desire for tears or nightmares or resentments or guilt. I try to cross all of the "T"s and dot all of the "I"s. I ask, often beg, for forgiveness when I hurt or disappoint others. I faithfully seek counseling to help me change my mode of thinking and weed out the flaws left by a history of abuse. I should feel better. I have been consoled and forgiven and reprogrammed by more friends and family and Ph.D's and M.D's than I care to number, but I still don't feel good about the person that I have become; the person that I am. It is becoming clearer, as I mature in Christ, that healing is the work of God. People act as the arms of God to carry out acts of kindness and love that help to foster healing, but true healing and wholeness are miracles of God. It is a supernatural transformation that no amount of therapy in the world can bring about. His grace is what turned David's mourning into dancing. His grace is sufficient. It is important that we all realize that there are issues in our lives that only God can resolve. (If you haven't encountered any of those issues yet, then, as my grandmama used to say "Keep living, baby"). God is the great Counselor and He comforts with His grace through the power of the Holy Spirit. It makes so much sense now. If I want healing, I have to go to the great Healer. He is God and I'm coming to realize that even my chaos is in His control. "Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly of heart and ye ! shall find rest unto your soul..." He is the keeper of our souls and He is where our comfort and refuge are. God is our completion...Completion = Wholeness. This doesn't mean that we don't need the comfort and consolation of one another. It doesn't negate the necessity of professional help (I thank God everyday for those in the field of Psychology and Psychiatry. It is a calling and represents a ministry of healing). But what this realization does do is complete the process. We have to seek out the avenues that God has made available to us, but we must never forget that our true healing is in God and Him alone.

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