Our Supreme Fixer

“Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.” (Jer. 17:14NIV)

It’s raining leaves. Swirls of color drifting to the ground. Part of me enjoys this changing of the guard, this changing of the seasons. Part of me wants to take Elmer’s glue and paste everything back in place to hold off the coming winter.

I’ve been wanting to fix a lot of things lately. Not just the toilet that overflowed yesterday, but myself. Like the falling leaves, my body has been on a downward motion recently. More fatigue and more pain.

Thankfully, we have a Savior who understands. He came to fix us. Not necessarily to heal our physical bodies, although He does do that sometimes. He came to save us from ourselves, from sin, to reconcile us to Himself.

When I want the healing that just doesn’t come, I am reminded that in the most important way, I am healed. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Cor. 5:17). I get not just a re-do, but a fresh beginning, with Him. I am spiritually healed.

He is our supreme fixer. No matter the season you are going through, He has a plan and a purpose for your life. He will take the falling parts of your life and mold them into a glorious tapestry. Some parts healed, others not.

Give it all to Him today. Let Him heal your brokenness.

Prayer: Father God, take our broken bodies and heal them according to what is best for Your glory and not our own. Give us the strength to hold up and thrive under great burdens. Amen.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dana Kennedy is a survivor, encourager, wife and mother. She writes a devotional column for Glory and Strength e-magazine. Dana lives with postural orthostatic tachycardia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibromyalgia. Her dream is to spread God’s hope through her life and words. She and her family make their home in Liberty, Missouri. Please contact Dana at dtearosee@earthlink.net