Inspired by lyrics from “Healing in the Hands of Time” by Karen Taylor-Good & Lisa Aschmann:God has a gentle salve for the wounded, a pillow for the weary soul.
God is time and makes us whole.
God is taking us all on a journey, knows exactly ev’ry inch of this road and, if we could only see farther down it, we would know as God knows.
God, Father Time, the Master of Surprises, will surprise us once again.
Right here and now, we’re all healing in the hands of time.
Responsive Reading for August 18
“We wait for peace … for a time of healing …. Is there no balm in Gilead, no physician there? … Recognize me, says the LORD” (Jer. 8:15-9:5).
God has a gentle salve for the wounded, a pillow for the weary soul.
“With the Lord, one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard ‘delay,’ but he is patient with you” (2 Peter 3:8-9).
God is Time and makes us whole.
“One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to be well? …. Rise, take up your mat, and walk.’ Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked” (Jn 5:5-9).
God is taking us all on a journey, knows exactly every inch of this road
and if we could only see farther down it, we would know as God knows.
The centurion said to Jesus, “Only say the word and my servant will be healed … And Jesus said to the centurion, ‘You may go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.’ And at that very hour [his] servant was healed” (Mt 8:8-13).
Father Time, the Master of Surprises, will surprise us once again.
Right here and now, we’re all healing in the hands of time.