See me
Everyone we know is dealing with an issue in some way, shape or form. May we be people who take the time to really see people. I believe that we’re a culture that is good at showing up for people in their physical ailments (so let’s keep doing that), but avoid the heart issues. Although God cares about our physical suffering, He doesn’t look at the outward/physical appearances, He always looks at the heart, and so should we. When heart pain bubbles to the surface needing to be seen, you can feel like a modern-day leper because people don’t want to look at it, they want to avoid those things.
These people refuse to conform to the superficial and “acceptable” ways of dealing with heart issues. They confront what’s happening in their heart rather stuffing it down with false comforts. We live in a world where it’s acceptable to have a physical illness, but not soul issues. If we can begin to understand that the issues in our lives flow from our heart, we’d pay more attention to the heart.
May we be ones with eyes that see deeper than what people show us, for many don’t know how to communicate what they’re experiencing or have been shamed for doing so and lost their outward voice, so they write.
If you’re hurting tell someone and ask for help. It’s humble to ask for help and support because you’re exposing your weakness so it doesn’t have power over you. We all have weaknesses, but pride tells us we don’t need help.
Feel me
May we be safe people. The world needs compassionate people, especially now. It compounds the pain to be vulnerable and open your heart to unsafe and uncompassionate people. I don’t know about you, but showing compassion is an area I need God’s help in.
Touch me
Healing rides the waves of compassion, but there’s got to be a connection point. Jesus made physical connections to heal physical sickness by laying His hands on people so the “power exchange” could happen.
How do we connect at the “heart level” so the “power exchange” can happen? As a united Body of Christ, when one suffers, we all suffer, but we must be connected and joined in love.
Heal me
Love heals the heart.
As “connections” are made on social media, there’s a power exchange for good or evil. Jesus is coming on the “cloud” and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him.
Mark 1:40-42 – “Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and TOUCHED him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.
Luke 11:12-24 – “Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” So when He SAW them, He said to them, “Go, SHOW yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.”
Learn more about author Karen Sperl by listening to the radio interview with Kate Delaney, or visiting her Spirit Superfood page on Facebook and TikTok.