There are examples in scripture of people with accelerated healing or conversion experiences. We see the Saul/Paul conversion. There’s the many healing miracles of Jesus Christ. These expedited and intense healing journeys are not designed to make people feel bad whose healing takes years or a lifetime. They aren’t designed to make people feel like if they don’t receive speedy transformation that they lack faith or aren’t good enough. They aren’t there to make us compare and feel less than.
They happen to show the power of God and bring glory to Him. They are there to give clues about the healing process and the elements of it.
I am fully aware that I am going through some kind of intense, expedited healing process. It certainly isn’t normal and it’s not because I’m some kind of perfect spiritual giant. It simply is an opportunity to bring glory to the ONE who is doing this in my life. This is not me. It’s God and for some reason He’s in a hurry with what He wants me to learn.
I have no idea why I got picked for this journey or why God is working His miracles in my life. I only know that I cannot remain silent about what He is doing or what He is teaching me. I can’t speak to what will happen in your life or anyone else’s. My experiences are mine and they are mine to interpret. Yours are yours and are ideally suited to you and your spiritual growth.
Fast But Not So Fast
I had a MAJOR epiphany today about my life and the journey I’ve been on. It might look like I’m healing a bunch in the last 2.5 months from recent tragedies. It might look like everything is falling miraculously into place (which it is to a large degree). But my healing journey has spanned my lifetime.
I’m finally seeing how things that happened as a child set in motion patterns and cycles. My brain/subconscious has weaved together a complex set of life circumstances to bring me to these most recent challenges. My brain has been on a quest to find a solution to a dynamic that perplexed me as a child.
Today, I finally feel like I GET IT. The solution is so abundantly clear to me. In fact what looks like a dismal failure is probably my most glorious success.
I now see what I’ve been doing and how I’ve actually resolved at least two of these major patterns. I think I can FINALLY let them go. Time will tell. But, man, this has been a long, long, road, and what I’ve been seeing and what you’ve been seeing is just a final wrap up of a very long, arduous journey.
So the next time you see someone achieve some big success or create some remarkable quick breakthrough, don’t be so quick to think, “Wow, why do they get off so easy and my challenges take forever?” There’s a lot we don’t see in other people’s lives or even our own lives.
All of it is one big tapestry, weaving together to teach us what we’re here to learn and mold us into the person God knows we can be.
I hope if you gain nothing else from whatever I share it is that God is there for you. He loves you. You matter to Him and He can and will heal your heart in his perfect timing. You don’t have to stay in bitterness and resentment. Surrender to Him and let him work his wonder in your life in a way that is ideally suited to you. Each of us is different and we have our own journeys. May God bless you on yours.
Are you ready to release the past and move forward unencumbered?
