PRAYER MOMENT
Friday 8 January
2016
OF COURSE I
WANT TO
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “If you want to, you can cure me.” Jesus
stretched out his hand, touched him and said, “Of course I want to! Be cured!”
(Luke 5:12-16)
Reflection. “Of course I want to.” Jesus said
this when a person with leprosy approached and begged for healing. If Jesus
wants to heal why is there so much pain in our world? Well, we know the answer.
Healing requires a deep desire to be healed, and this includes a willingness to
abandon my agenda as to how I am
healed. I want to be healed in my way,
on my terms. But that is not the way healing happens. Suffering is an
invitation to surrender to something greater than me and my agenda. Suffering
unites us with others and the universe. It is not a private matter. Neither is
my healing.
Prayer. Lord, help us to accept healing on
your terms. Amen.
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