YOU’RE BLEEDING
My big ginger tabby, Tommy, couldn’t pee, and the last
time I tried to find a reasonably priced vet, I called three places and they
all said that I would have to first pay between $300 and $400 for shots before
the vet could even look at him! I couldn’t afford it, and Tommy needed
immediate help. We prayed for him and claimed his healing, and he did get
better, but not totally healed. I was still worried, and it kept twisting into
my soul like a corkscrew into a cork. I had to get it out.
I told my best friend Jane how twisted up I was getting.
She listened and helped me to see things in a different perspective. Her words
and actions helped me to get my thoughts clear again and focus on God’s
blessing. The Lord gave her the wisdom right away and told her who to call. She
did it, and Tommy got to see a vet right away, no shots required. He got a
small surgery and everything he needed for less than $100. Thank you, Lord, and
thank you, Jane!
We all encounter rough patches in our thinking. Some
preachers like to indicate that it won't happen if we do "the right things,"
but I don’t believe that. And I don’t see it documented in the scriptures
either. The Bible is full of people who overcome problems, not people living
perfect spiritual lives without any problems.
Life happens, and we can't stop everything the devil
throws at us before it hits our personal space, penetrates, and sometimes
causes us to bleed.
We have the Lord Jesus Christ; we have the Bible; we have
angels, but sometimes we forget that we have each other. And it’s not a sin to
ask for help. In fact, the Lord tells us in James 5:16, “Confess your faults
one to another, that ye may be healed.”
It doesn’t do us any good to keep things bottled up
inside. If you were physically bleeding from an area of your body that you
couldn’t reach, you’d find someone to put a compress on that area to stop the
bleeding. It’s the same with us mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. We have
been given other people in the body of Christ to help stop the bleeding.
One of the biggest errors I see is that we often hesitate
to ask. Pride gets in the way. Asking for help is sometimes hard, but we have
to remember that not only does it help us to get our answer, but it also gives
someone else in the body of Christ a chance to do some Godly problem-solving.
It’s really a very healthy exchange, if taken in the right light.
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with
his neighbour: for we are members one of another” (Eph. 4:25). I
love that this verse uses the word “of,” meaning we are connected! We are part
of a larger body. Truth and health is meant to abide in the whole body.
Honesty in the body of Christ and asking for help when we
need it will make our bonds tighter and our overall health and strength
increase.
Love, Carolyn
WINGS: A Journey in Faith from the Earthly to the
Heavenly – an awesome spiritual adventure and great interactive
workbook. Find it on Amazon in printed form or Kindle.
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