"And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?"
Luke 17:17
This is a good reminder of the need to be thankful, but reading today I was thinking that it isn't just about thankfulness, but also about retaining the healing or cleansing... if we want to not just have the change of heart, but to feel so now. If we want to be not just healed, but whole... not just cleansed of a bad spirit, but protected from one returning. Two verses later Christ says "thy faith hath made thee whole," perhaps not just talking about the healing process but also the thankfulness--the recognition that God has done this. And that is a recognition that we need in our lives always. That constant reminder that God is what is holding us, and all of it, together, and that he is the author and the reason there is a happy ending coming.
We want to feel good about ourselves and think that we accomplished a lot of this, and avoiding self-loathing is a very good thing. :) So is humility, and the recognition of truth though, so let's not hate ourselves, but today let's recognize God's hand in our lives and that he is the source of goodness and truth, and that we desperately need his help and healing in our lives. As we are thankful for his help and recognize his hand in our lives, he can not just heal us, but coupled with our participation and faith and patience, he can make us whole, in every way.
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