Well-Oiled Hinges

 

...but a faithful envoy

         brings healing.

         Proverbs 13. 17

(Envoy means messenger.

But the word in Hebrew

also means

       hinge of a door.

Because healing opens doors

      we never expect.

Healing is a hinge

  on which things change.

What are we bringing

         to this situation?

Are we approaching it

   with healing in mind

   or ammunition stored up?

Be faithful,

bring healing,

nurture well being,

even in ordinary places.

Even in ways

     no one sees coming.)

O LORD,

Help us to approach

and navigate with healing

    in mind and in hand,

Make us aware of

       our words and actions,

even our attitudes

   that infiltrate everything.

Help us to know that

   well-being impacts all,

                  even us.

Show us how specifically

   to bring healing to this

with Your glory imprinted 

                            upon it.

Please help us to

  keep our hinges well-oiled.