I am amazed at how difficult it is to heal ourselves. I am being reminded of my own words by many people these days as I look forward to seeing a surgeon. I feel like I need to assure that I am present for Easter...for my partner...for court hearings...for people in all kinds of places for all kinds of reasons...but how then do we--do I allow God to be in control of the healing in my life. This week, we have all been slowed down a bit because of the weather. It has been a time of reflection for me. I go to the doctor this week for my right elbow...it is swollen. Another time, I will need to go for a pap smear...those wonderful annual checkups...then it will be to a surgeon for the gall bladder...
Today someone sent a wonderful reading to me about mayonaise jars and coffee. It is a story about a teacher who fills a mayonnaise jar with golf balls and asks if it is full. The class says yes! Then the teacher takes pebbles and shakes them down into the jar and again asks the class if the jar is full...and the class says yes! Then the teacher takes sand and shakes it in among the pebbles and the golf balls and the teacher asks one more time, "Now is it full?" And the class again says, "Yes!" Then the teacher takes 2 cups of coffee and pours them in. Is that how we continue to cram things into our lives? The teacher reminds the students that if they had begun with the little, mundane things we do (the grains of sand), there would be no room for the important things like (friends, family, and God). But there should always be room for a cup or two of coffee (or tea) with people who are important.
I am glad for my own healing for that reminder in my life today.
Pastor Eva
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The story of the jar and coffee is a reminder of the priorities in our lives. How do we take time to allow GOD to set our priorities?
The call to be a healing people also invites us to take the time to ask, what would bring health to this situation or for that person? How must I pray?
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