If I were to ask you
if you want to be made whole, I'm sure you would say yes. But what does it mean
to be whole? Simply put, it means to become a whole person especially in mind
and spirit; that is, to become emotionally well, and spiritually well. Quite a
challenge to be sure.
As long as we live in our human body we will be subject to sickness and disease. However, the more whole we become emotionally and spiritually, the healthier we are more likely to be physically. Unresolved spiritual and/ or emotional issues make us much more susceptible to illnesses of all kinds.
For instance, a person whose life is riddled with guilt because of sin, or is nursing a grudge and refusing to forgive someone who has hurt him or her is more than likely to get sick physically and/ or mentally. Many an ulcer, for example, is caused not so much by what we are eating but by what is eating us on the inside. And when I repress super-charged negative emotions, as John Powell puts it, "My stomach keeps score."
While the principle for being made well/ whole is simple, the process is anything but simple. That is, if we want to be made well/ whole, we need to resolve all past hurts, forgive anyone and everybody who has ever hurt us, face and resolve every buried negative emotion, and make our life right with God.
Remember, too, there is a world of difference between a want and a wish. To be made well/ whole takes total commitment, personal honesty, and determination. The half-hearted never make it. They may wish to get well but they don't want it badly enough to be willing to pay the price of doing what it takes to be made well/ whole.
Do you truly want to be made whole/well ? For only to the degree that we are made whole will our lifestyle, our behavior and actions, our manner of living, and our relationships be wholesome.
Dear God
As long as we live in our human body we will be subject to sickness and disease. However, the more whole we become emotionally and spiritually, the healthier we are more likely to be physically. Unresolved spiritual and/ or emotional issues make us much more susceptible to illnesses of all kinds.
For instance, a person whose life is riddled with guilt because of sin, or is nursing a grudge and refusing to forgive someone who has hurt him or her is more than likely to get sick physically and/ or mentally. Many an ulcer, for example, is caused not so much by what we are eating but by what is eating us on the inside. And when I repress super-charged negative emotions, as John Powell puts it, "My stomach keeps score."
While the principle for being made well/ whole is simple, the process is anything but simple. That is, if we want to be made well/ whole, we need to resolve all past hurts, forgive anyone and everybody who has ever hurt us, face and resolve every buried negative emotion, and make our life right with God.
Remember, too, there is a world of difference between a want and a wish. To be made well/ whole takes total commitment, personal honesty, and determination. The half-hearted never make it. They may wish to get well but they don't want it badly enough to be willing to pay the price of doing what it takes to be made well/ whole.
Do you truly want to be made whole/well ? For only to the degree that we are made whole will our lifestyle, our behavior and actions, our manner of living, and our relationships be wholesome.
Dear God
please help me
to understand fully
what it means
and what it takes
to be made whole,
and give me
the courage
and will
to do what I need to
do
in order to be made
whole.
Thank You for
hearing and answering my prayerz.
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