Happy Easter



by Archer

We had a crazy busy day with lots of family and good food, your standard family holiday get together. Good stuff!

Over the past week I've been praying often for healing. There are a couple of people who need these prayers, I'll just share one. On Saturday evening Elijah got hurt. Sidetrack for a moment - when Archer was about 18 months old I was playing around with him and then heard a little "pop" and suddenly he was crying and wouldn't move his arm. We rushed off to the clinic to find out that he had a dislocated elbow and there was nothing we could do to fix it but wait. It took several days before he was back to normal, able to move his arm and not be in pain. So on Saturday, when E suddenly started crying and wouldn't move his right arm... Cried whenever I moved his arm for him... I had a pretty good idea of what had happened. We prayed over him and put him to bed when he was ready, prayed some more and hoped for the best. I knew the injury would probably take two or three days to heal. But guess what?? On Sunday morning he was running around and playing, using his right hand to grab things, it was like nothing had happened! And we praised Jesus for his quick healing of Eli's arm. Thank you Lord!

All day long my mind kept wandering to these two verses...

Praise the LORD, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases...
~Psalm 103:2-3

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
~Mark 2:5-12

So, while I've been praying for healing of physical pain, I've been also reminded to ask for healing of our spirits, forgiveness and restoration and I thank the Lord that he is so generous to provide for both.