Make Me Whole

www.sermonsoftheheart.blogspot.com Music by: Rob Gardner Video from The Bible Videos (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Thinking about the miracle of Lazarus, I am reminded of my own sister, Amy. My sister died at the age of three in a tragic accident, and I still vividly remember the grief and pain I felt in the days that followed. I generally keep these memories close to my heart and don't often share them with others. When I hear the glorious chorus, I am the Resurrection, I think about Amy and other loved ones who have gone before me. I think about the joy and majesty that accompanies my faith that I will be able to see them again. "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live!" What a wonderful hope! What a miraculous prospect! "O Death, where is thy sting? Where is thy victory?" Paul answered his question to the people of Corinth in his epistle to the people of Rome, "We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us!" I am so grateful for the Savior's healing power. Not only will He make me whole when I, along with each and every one of you, will be resurrected from the grave; but He has the power to make me whole each and every day as I seek for spiritual, emotional, mental, or physical healing from my Savior. I am happy to say that I have selected Jesus Christ as my primary care physician. Without a doubt, He is the Healer of Healers and the King of Kings. And though the rising costs of healthcare are a heated topic of debate in today's world, my personal co-pay costs to cover the valuable care I receive at His hand seem so insignificant to me. I will happily pay my mite for such healthcare. However, I know that, even though the monetary value of my co-pays and premiums seems little, my personal contribution can and should be as valuable and precious as the Widow's mite. I love the words of Christina Rossetti who ponders the gifts of the shepherds and the wise men to the Christ child, "What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part; Yet what I can give Him: give my heart." Like the Aramean commander Naaman, who was prepared to give any sum of money to seek miraculous healing from a Heavenly source, I will discover that silver and gold, of which I have none, cannot buy the miracle I seek. But such as I have, I can pay the true cost to have the Savior make me whole. "Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above." God Bless! ********** Touch my eyes and bid them see that my gaze might pierce the veil, And behold the wondrous scene that, in dreams, I've long beheld. Oh, touch my heart and bid it know that ev'ry sorrow here is but a moment's tear, And Thou wilt make me whole again. Touch my ears and bid them hear all the glory of ?Thy truth, That my hope might come of faith and no more require proof. Oh, touch my heart and bid it know that, while in darkness here, the Light is ever near, And Thou wilt make me whole again. Then touch my lips and bid them sing songs of everlasting praise, That my soul might then believe and give thanks through all my days! Oh touch my heart and bid it know that ev'ry breath I take is by Thy tender grace, And Thou wilt make me whole again. ********** I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, Yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die! I am the Resurrection.