Luke 13:11-13

"And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God."
Luke 13:11-13


This is cool, and I just want to say that Christ can free us from all of our infirmities, whether they be of the body, mind, heart, or spirit... sometimes we feel as though there is an internal war going on, with shards of ourselves fighting against other shards.  God can make us whole... and enable us to stay that way.  No matter how bowed down with sin, or care, or worry, or confusion we are, he can make us stand tall and straight, as he did for this woman.  Whether we have suffered eighteen years or eighteen minutes... we can be healed and made whole.  Of course, that isn't to say that we can escape our tests... we have to have storms in our lives, and sometimes they can last quite a while... but God doesn't mean for us to have our infirmities for eternity.  Some of them should be over now, but we hang on to them.  Some of them we need to learn from for a little longer.  But never think that any infirmity is part of you.  You are a child of God, and were made to become perfect and whole.  Don't accept less. :)