6 Powerful Things to Remember About Healing

Last updated on: October 11, 2016 at 8:00 am by Sean Swaby

6 Powerful Things to Remember About Healing 2016-10-10T17:44:28-05:00 Sean Swaby

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6 Powerful Things to Remeber about Healing

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3. We can get used to being sick. We forget that our scars are a declaration of our resilience rather than a tear in the skin or a tear in our minds. The pain and the injury are real, but so is our resilience.

In the story, Jesus asked the man, “Do you want to get well?” The guy immediately gets all nasty at Jesus, “Did you know there’s not enough help around here and I’m just too damned slow to get around?” Then Jesus heals him. I can relate to the man. When I am sick, I get cranky. I hope that I would just say “Yes” to Jesus’ question, but I can’t judge the guy. I imagine that being ill for thirty-eight years makes it difficult to imagine a life without pain or to see beyond the scars.

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