Do You Want To Be Healed?

 

Do you want to be healed? asked Jesus.

That of course begs the question, Why do you want to be healed?

For most people it's probably a no-brainer. They want to pick up the threads of a ruined life, kinda like Job.

But I'll wager that many don't really think past the miracle, to exactly what they're going to do with that outpouring of grace.

It's kind of like the lottery. A lot of winners wind up broke after a year, because they really had no idea what they were going to do with that windfall, and on-the-job training doesn't seem to work too well.

So if you're asking for a miracle, when all seems lost, and hope has gone...are you ready to receive it?

I don't think God keeps a scorecard, dispensing or withholding the miraculous on the basis of preparedness, so, no, being ready isn't going to help you get what you want.

It'll just make what comes after so much more worthwhile!

So throw your heart and your dreams down the years. Throw them in courage and faith, and maybe, just maybe God will hand them back to you on the other side of Grace.

And if that's not His will, you'll have journeyed in hope.

Is it a miracle you need,

the hand of God for which you wait?

If so, you must plant the seed

for that unknown harvest date.

Don't just sit with arms upraised,

tears on cheeks and mind in neutral.

Sure, the Good Lord should be praised,

but you will find your praise is futile

if you do not have a plan

that projects your heart on ahead.

Don't despair, just understand

that it's not just for lament Christ bled,

but also for the stalwart few,

who, being healed, knew what to do.

The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is HURRY. I'll be quick.

Hurry up, fulfill your dream,

and then move on to another

so it will always just seem

that you're outdoing your brother,

for this life's a competition

of cool virtues and hot sins,

and culmination of the vision

is he who dies with most toys wins.

Toss a buck for the collection,

let people think that it's a ten,

for on serious reflection

you'll find now has come to then

and you'll find on fun you've spent

every last benighted cent.

I have no idea where I was going with that, but hey, it's under four minutes.

Music from Glen Campbell, with Rhinestone Cowboy

Sylvia regards ice cream as miraculous enough.