April 16, 2001
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
Isaiah 61:1
Watching the new KNN film about the cross yesterday helped me see Jesus and the cross from a very different perspective. In one of the earlier scenes it showed Jesus touching a woman's arm and healing the gash that was there which opened my eyes in a new way to what it means that Jesus can heal us. The need in my life isn't to be healed physically but that he can heal the wounds in my heart. It got me thinking what it would have been like to be able to walk with Jesus, to feel his touch, to see how he has healed... I've always thought of scars as ugly things but I imagine that people treasured them as reminders of how they were healed and the man who touched them. I thought a lot this morning about Jesus touching my wounds, I don't fully connect emotionally but I that know he already has from the ways he has healed my life so far. I imagine him putting his arms around me, the comfort and the love that it would communicate - words wouldn't even be necessary. The look of love in his eyes that would communicate reassurance, that he is here for me and that he stands beside me in all I must face and do. I saw him in ways I never have before... this is in part why God sent Jesus; to bind up the brokenhearted.. that he could heal and help me to know him in a deeper way.