Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
I will lead them and repay them with comfort,
creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips.
Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord;
and I will heal them. Isaiah”
NL Daily Devotion for Wednesday, December 15, 2021
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
So many of us are in need of healing. Whether it’s COVID or cancer, diabetes or depression, anxiety or addiction. For some of us, healing will come—we will make a full recovery, or our disease will be in good control or go into remission. Some will succumb to the great sorrow of those around them. Yet God promises us help and healing. It might not look exactly as we think it should, but however we are coping (or not) with our suffering or grief, God is there in the midst of us, holding and comforting. Some may not see it, might feel abandoned, and that’s understandable. May God’s words of hope and healing comfort all of us wherever we are.
Where am I in need of God’s help and healing? What does that look like for me?
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