Silas
Beloved of All
I have read your request and I am praying for you in the name of Jesus Christ. Your sorrow is deep and your worry is real, and God sees both the wounds on your body and the wound in your heart after losing your husband a year ago.
Please know that God cares about physical healing. A large part of the Gospels shows Jesus touching and healing those who were sick and afflicted. Matthew, writing by the Holy Spirit, quotes Isaiah chapter 53 verse 4, Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, and applies it to Jesus healing the sick. Isaiah spoke of what the Messiah would bear, and Matthew shows that includes our infirmities and sicknesses as well as our sin. When Jesus broke the bread and said this is my body which is broken for you, he was pointing to that same truth. God reveals himself as the Lord who heals, and he becomes to us what we need, whether salvation or healing or comfort. I believe God still heals today and that he is able to touch our bodies.
At the same time Scripture does not teach that God has promised instant and perfect physical healing in every case in this life. Paul prayed three times for his thorn in the flesh to be removed, and God did not remove it but gave grace to endure it. There are different kinds of healing and different ways God heals. Sometimes healing is immediate and felt in a moment, and sometimes it is gradual. In fact the only gradual healing recorded in the ministry of Jesus reminds us that God often heals through process. Any true healing is divine, even when it comes through the natural processes God created in our bodies to mend and restore. That natural process is still from him, for he made our bodies and ordained how they heal.
That is why for your arms and teeth it is important to keep following good medical care and to keep wounds clean. Scripture teaches the value of cleanliness for health and to help prevent the spread of disease. Keeping injuries clean and cared for, taking prescribed treatment, and letting doctors monitor you is part of wisdom and part of how God often brings healing. I will pray that God would protect you from infection and bring restoration to your arms and teeth, and that whatever scarring or pain remains, he would bring his healing touch in the way he knows is best, whether quickly or gradually, and that he would give skill to those caring for you.
I also hear how heavy your grief has been. Staying mostly at home and in bed for a year, feeling unwell, having nightmares where your husband seems to move further away and waking up crying and calling his name, shows how grief has settled deep in your soul. The psalmist David described this kind of sorrow when he said his eye was consumed with grief and his life was spent with sorrow, that his soul and body ached from weeping. Grief can make a few days feel like forever and can wear down the whole person. Jesus showed great compassion for those who grieve, even raising a little girl not for her own sake but out of compassion for her parents great sorrow. He understands your tears, even those you shed in sleep.
There is a close connection between the health of our soul and the health of our body. The apostle John wrote to Gaius that he wished above all things that he would prosper and be in good health even as his soul prospered. That was John's loving wish, not a blanket promise that everyone will always be well, but it does show the link God made between our inner life and our physical well being. Proverbs says a joyful heart does good like a medicine, and we now know how true that is. Constant sorrow, isolation, and fear can weaken the body, while comfort, hope, and fellowship can help strengthen it. Staying alone in bed for so long and carrying this grief without support will make both your emotional and physical healing harder.
My prayer for you is this. Lord Jesus, you bore our sins and our infirmities, and you know this dear one's pain in body and in heart. I ask you to be her healer and her comfort. Touch her arms and teeth and bring healing according to your perfect will, guard her from infection, and guide every step of her care. Heal also the deep sorrow and fear that troubles her sleep. Quiet her nightmares, wipe away the panic of loss, and fill her nights with your peace. Lift her out of isolation and draw her gently back into life and community, and prosper her soul as she walks with you. Give her strength to take small steps each day, to seek help from trusted believers and from caring medical help, and to rest in your compassion. May she know that you are near to the brokenhearted and that your love does not leave her alone. In Jesus name, amen.
Please continue to seek medical attention for your injuries and do not stay isolated with this grief. Reach out to a trusted pastor or counselor and to a doctor who can walk with you in both physical and emotional healing. God loves you and is able to carry you through this season, and we will keep praying for you.
Please know that God cares about physical healing. A large part of the Gospels shows Jesus touching and healing those who were sick and afflicted. Matthew, writing by the Holy Spirit, quotes Isaiah chapter 53 verse 4, Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, and applies it to Jesus healing the sick. Isaiah spoke of what the Messiah would bear, and Matthew shows that includes our infirmities and sicknesses as well as our sin. When Jesus broke the bread and said this is my body which is broken for you, he was pointing to that same truth. God reveals himself as the Lord who heals, and he becomes to us what we need, whether salvation or healing or comfort. I believe God still heals today and that he is able to touch our bodies.
At the same time Scripture does not teach that God has promised instant and perfect physical healing in every case in this life. Paul prayed three times for his thorn in the flesh to be removed, and God did not remove it but gave grace to endure it. There are different kinds of healing and different ways God heals. Sometimes healing is immediate and felt in a moment, and sometimes it is gradual. In fact the only gradual healing recorded in the ministry of Jesus reminds us that God often heals through process. Any true healing is divine, even when it comes through the natural processes God created in our bodies to mend and restore. That natural process is still from him, for he made our bodies and ordained how they heal.
That is why for your arms and teeth it is important to keep following good medical care and to keep wounds clean. Scripture teaches the value of cleanliness for health and to help prevent the spread of disease. Keeping injuries clean and cared for, taking prescribed treatment, and letting doctors monitor you is part of wisdom and part of how God often brings healing. I will pray that God would protect you from infection and bring restoration to your arms and teeth, and that whatever scarring or pain remains, he would bring his healing touch in the way he knows is best, whether quickly or gradually, and that he would give skill to those caring for you.
I also hear how heavy your grief has been. Staying mostly at home and in bed for a year, feeling unwell, having nightmares where your husband seems to move further away and waking up crying and calling his name, shows how grief has settled deep in your soul. The psalmist David described this kind of sorrow when he said his eye was consumed with grief and his life was spent with sorrow, that his soul and body ached from weeping. Grief can make a few days feel like forever and can wear down the whole person. Jesus showed great compassion for those who grieve, even raising a little girl not for her own sake but out of compassion for her parents great sorrow. He understands your tears, even those you shed in sleep.
There is a close connection between the health of our soul and the health of our body. The apostle John wrote to Gaius that he wished above all things that he would prosper and be in good health even as his soul prospered. That was John's loving wish, not a blanket promise that everyone will always be well, but it does show the link God made between our inner life and our physical well being. Proverbs says a joyful heart does good like a medicine, and we now know how true that is. Constant sorrow, isolation, and fear can weaken the body, while comfort, hope, and fellowship can help strengthen it. Staying alone in bed for so long and carrying this grief without support will make both your emotional and physical healing harder.
My prayer for you is this. Lord Jesus, you bore our sins and our infirmities, and you know this dear one's pain in body and in heart. I ask you to be her healer and her comfort. Touch her arms and teeth and bring healing according to your perfect will, guard her from infection, and guide every step of her care. Heal also the deep sorrow and fear that troubles her sleep. Quiet her nightmares, wipe away the panic of loss, and fill her nights with your peace. Lift her out of isolation and draw her gently back into life and community, and prosper her soul as she walks with you. Give her strength to take small steps each day, to seek help from trusted believers and from caring medical help, and to rest in your compassion. May she know that you are near to the brokenhearted and that your love does not leave her alone. In Jesus name, amen.
Please continue to seek medical attention for your injuries and do not stay isolated with this grief. Reach out to a trusted pastor or counselor and to a doctor who can walk with you in both physical and emotional healing. God loves you and is able to carry you through this season, and we will keep praying for you.
