{"id":71857,"date":"2024-12-06T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/?p=71857"},"modified":"2024-11-27T15:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:26:06","slug":"hope-for-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/hope-for-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 52:13-15, Isaiah 53:1-12, Matthew 15:29-30, Mark 5:25-34, Revelation 21:3-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most milestones are supposed to be joyous occasions. They\u2019re supposed to make the wait worth it. They encourage gratitude and celebration as we spend time contemplating the growth we have made. However, milestones aren\u2019t always momentous or celebratory, especially in this fallen world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I was confident that turning thirteen, sixteen, or eighteen would bring about the time and healing I desperately needed, each milestone I passed simply brought greater pain. It took me a while to realize that age is just a number and time doesn\u2019t actually heal all\u2014especially those wounds inflicted by mean girls, conflict with my mom, or suicidal ideation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, our God is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. He is a safe place to put our hope in because He not only heals us, He offers to carry our pain. Just as God\u2019s people learned in Isaiah 53, with God we realize there is a better solution in our Savior than any we could come up with on our own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus is the hope that never fails. He is every bit as capable of healing us, both spiritually and physically, as He has ever been. And it is this hope we remember during each Advent that draws us back to His strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the woman with the issue of blood was healed, her healing surprised everyone, including those who were closest to Jesus. Upon having felt the healing power leave His body in Mark 5:30, Jesus turned to ask who had touched Him. The disciples immediately pointed out how impossible it would be to receive an accurate answer, and yet the woman with the issue of blood came forward. Trembling and afraid, she shared her testimony\u2014a testimony that could have had her severely punished. However, her testimony didn\u2019t just result in her ultimate healing; it also helped others encounter spiritual healing. Through her testimony, the disciples (who thought they knew it all) grew to recognize more of what their Savior was capable of accomplishing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hope of Jesus\u2019s healing is one that gives us the boldness to believe He is bigger than any pain we could experience, regardless of whether it\u2019s spiritual, mental, or physical. His hope and healing often surprises others as we partner with Him to speak up about what He\u2019s saved us from, despite the consequences that might come with it. His hope and healing remind us that while He heals every wound, there will be a day when we will no longer need healing because those things that hurt us will be gone for good. There will be the day when He will wipe away every tear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Advent season, I pray we remember that Jesus embodies the hope that has the power to amaze us, heal us, and revive life within us. Hope in Him will not disappoint. May we all wait with hope of God\u2019s healing alive in our hearts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Liv Dooley<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 52:13-15, Isaiah 53:1-12, Matthew 15:29-30, Mark 5:25-34, Revelation 21:3-4 Most milestones are supposed to be joyous occasions. They\u2019re supposed to make the wait worth it. They encourage gratitude and celebration as we spend time contemplating the growth we have made. However, milestones aren\u2019t always momentous or celebratory, especially in this fallen world. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":71560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advent2024"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[71574],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"#SheReadsTruth","devotional_text":"HOPE FOR HEALING<\/b>

\r\nby Liv Dooley<\/i>

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Most milestones are supposed to be joyous occasions. They\u2019re supposed to make the wait worth it. They encourage gratitude and celebration as we spend time contemplating the growth we have made. However, milestones aren\u2019t always momentous or celebratory, especially in this fallen world.<\/p>
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Although I was confident that turning thirteen, sixteen, or eighteen would bring about the time and healing I desperately needed, each milestone I passed simply brought greater pain. It took me a while to realize that age is just a number and time doesn\u2019t actually heal all\u2014especially those wounds inflicted by mean girls, conflict with my mom, or suicidal ideation.<\/p>
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Thankfully, our God is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. He is a safe place to put our hope in because He not only heals us, He offers to carry our pain. Just as God\u2019s people learned in Isaiah 53, with God we realize there is a better solution in our Savior than any we could come up with on our own.<\/p>
\r\n

Jesus is the hope that never fails. He is every bit as capable of healing us, both spiritually and physically, as He has ever been. And it is this hope we remember during each Advent that draws us back to His strength.<\/p>
\r\n

When the woman with the issue of blood was healed, her healing surprised everyone, including those who were closest to Jesus. Upon having felt the healing power leave His body in Mark 5:30, Jesus turned to ask who had touched Him. The disciples immediately pointed out how impossible it would be to receive an accurate answer, and yet the woman with the issue of blood came forward. Trembling and afraid, she shared her testimony\u2014a testimony that could have had her severely punished. However, her testimony didn\u2019t just result in her ultimate healing; it also helped others encounter spiritual healing. Through her testimony, the disciples (who thought they knew it all) grew to recognize more of what their Savior was capable of accomplishing.<\/p>
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The hope of Jesus\u2019s healing is one that gives us the boldness to believe He is bigger than any pain we could experience, regardless of whether it\u2019s spiritual, mental, or physical. His hope and healing often surprises others as we partner with Him to speak up about what He\u2019s saved us from, despite the consequences that might come with it. His hope and healing remind us that while He heals every wound, there will be a day when we will no longer need healing because those things that hurt us will be gone for good. There will be the day when He will wipe away every tear.<\/p>
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This Advent season, I pray we remember that Jesus embodies the hope that has the power to amaze us, heal us, and revive life within us. Hope in Him will not disappoint. May we all wait with hope of God\u2019s healing alive in our hearts.<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"6","scripture":"Isaiah 52:13-15, Isaiah 53:1-12, Matthew 15:29-30, Mark 5:25-34, Revelation 21:3-4","available":true,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}