Therefore lift your drooping hands

and strengthen your weak knees,

and make straight paths for your feet,

so that

what is lame may not be

          put out of joint

but rather be healed.

                 Hebrews 12. 12-13

(What efforts am I making

to increase strength and healing

in my heart

      and in my relationships?

Even Jesus said to the lame man,

            "Get up."

Am I lounging in my complaints

          and friends with misery?

Have I become comfortable

     with what has sidetracked me?

But our wounds do not define us.

     Our identity is in Christ.

     We are His beloved.

What can I do today

               towards healing?

Every step is profound.

As my friend Chris Davis says,

"The proof of desire

               is in the pursuit."

It doesn't just happen.)

O LORD,

We ask You for healing.

We ask You for the courage

     to seek Your strength

     and for Your newness,

even right where we are.

Help us to turn our eyes to You

    and practice over and over

what brings us

        in closer relationship to You.

You are our strength.

You are our healer.

Help us to be a testimony to others

         of a life transformed by You.