Every morning while we are waiting for the bus, I read the girls a devotional. Last Thursday was the day that I took Kaylee in to the Doctor, so it was just me and Alexis in the car. I had already suspected that leukemia was a possibility. You will just be absolutely amazed by what this devotional said. It is from Wisdom from the Bible.
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward part of the belly (Proverbs 20:30)
A woman noticed a large red patch on her leg where she had been stung by a bee. Thinking little of it, she ignored the sting, until two days later her leg had swelled to twice its normal size and the red patch had begun to spread. She went to the hospital, and they rushed her into an operating room, where the leg was pierced and the infection was drained from her leg. The afflicted area was cut away, and the leg returned to normal within a few days, the wound healing within a few weeks.
Often, the only way to heal is to hurt. Operations shock the body, but the corruption must be cut from the sore or no healing will occur at all. The same is true of human beings in their relationship with God. God demands purity, and all corruption will be cut away to insure wholeness. There is no place for evil in the body of Christ. If evil is found, drastic measures will taken, and like a cancer, it will be removed. God will act as a skillful surgeon, cutting and putting back together again. What will be left will be better than new, and the body of Christ will be healthy for all eternity. Healing can occur no other way, but the Lord will be faithful to save as much as He possibly can.
PRAYER: Father, cut away all that is wrong in me. Though it might hurt, I would rather be able to heal than to sit and die in my corruption. Excise evil from my heart, and heal me in your tender love. Amen.
