Showing posts with label Healing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healing. Show all posts

Saturday, February 28, 2015

A Shameless CV

Writing your CV forces you to go through the trail of your professional life putting the details for the employer to read. Of course, you try to make it as attractive as possible, yet you know that there are some experiences/jobs you wouldn’t like being asked about. They are your weak points lacking the success you wanted them to have. You try to avoid expanding much on it, so couple of lines are enough for you. I believe our life´s CV as well has its weak moments to hide, its not-ready-to-talk-about incidents, its failures and SHAMES not worthy telling others about. We do our best keeping our self image in the eyes of others intact as perfect as our CV.

Now let´s meet this disabled man at the pool of bethesda (John 5:1-15), crippled for the past 38 years, lying in his bed waiting to be helped by someone. He obviously lost all hope and got so used to his weakness to the point that when Jesus asked him if he wanted to be healed and walk again, he did not say the obvious “YES” but started telling Jesus why it has been impossible for him to get healed, giving him the EXCUSES that kept him this way (John 5:7). 
هذا رآهُ يَسوعُ مُضطَجِعًا، وعَلِمَ أنَّ لهُ زَمانًا كثيرًا، فقالَ لهُ: «أتُريدُ أنْ تبرأ؟». أجابَهُ المَريضُ: «يا سيِّدُ، ليس لي إنسانٌ يُلقيني في البِركَةِ مَتَى تحَرَّكَ الماءُ. بل بَينَما أنا آتٍ، يَنزِلُ قُدّامي آخَرُ». (‭5‬ ‮يوحَنا‬:‭6-7‬ )

I surely see myself in him, losing hope in overcoming a weakness, or a failure. Jesus didn’t discuss his excuses, He healed him and gave a him a strange specific order:
Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your bed (sleeping pad) and walk! (‭John‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ AMP)
قالَ لهُ يَسوعُ: «قُمِ. احمِلْ سريرَكَ وامشِ». (‭5‬ ‮يوحَنا‬:‭8‬ )

Instead of leaving his sign of weakness behind and walk around (after 38 years lying in a bed), he was asked to go with his bed in hand. Jesus did´t not throw his bed away…it was a meant to be Order. What used to be a failure, a cripple and a sign of shame was turned into a sign of victory, healing and powerful demonstration of God´s miraculous power in transforming lives and enabling powers...WOW! His moment of weakness on his CV became the most important part to talk about…only because he PERSONALLY met the one who turned it from shame to glory.

Lord, here I am putting in Your hands all my weaknesses and failures, I pray that through Your loving heart and healing Spirit they turn into tools for your glory, and events to Shine Your Name further. I believe that I am not created to stay crippled, but my crippling will turn to victory when I come and accept you changing the life I am used to for years, even if 38 years or more. Open my heart to BELIEVE in Change, stop my excuses, rewrite my soul´s CV shameless. In Jesus Name, AMEN!

Your soul CV´s weaknesses are your moments of VICTORY…only when you stop excuses and PUT them in His HANDS!
Keep shining my friends!

لسي-ڤي
نضطر عند كتابه السيرة الذاتيه CV الي استرجاع تاريخنا المهني ، وتدوين كل تفاصيله
 ونبذل جهداً كبيراً لتظهر بالمظهر اللائق الذي نتمناه، وبقدر ما توجد وظائف نفخر بها و نود ان نظهرها .. فإن هناك ما نخجل من ان نُسأل عنه و نود لو نتجنبه ..و بقدر الامكان ان نخفيه
تلك الفترات التي تخلو من النجاح .. و نقاط الضعف التي لا نبغي ذكرها  
وفي حياتنا نفس اللحظات .. لحظات السقوط و الخجل .. و العار
و اذ نسعي ان تظهر صورتنا كاملة بلا اخطاء في عيون الاخرين .. تظل سقطاتنا عائقاً دون ذلك 

و عندها تذكرت تلك الكلمات التي قالها يسوع المسيح للرجل المطروح بمرض لمده ثمان و ثلاثون عاماً 
 هذا رآهُ يَسوعُ مُضطَجِعًا، وعَلِمَ أنَّ لهُ زَمانًا كثيرًا، فقالَ لهُ: «أتُريدُ أنْ تبرأ؟». أجابَهُ المَريضُ: «يا سيِّدُ، ليس لي إنسانٌ يُلقيني في البِركَةِ مَتَى تحَرَّكَ الماءُ. بل بَينَما أنا آتٍ، يَنزِلُ قُدّامي آخَرُ
 "قالَ لهُ يَسوعُ: «قُمِ. احمِلْ سريرَكَ وامشِ"
انني اري نفسي مكانه .. بعد يأس من التغلب علي الضعف و السقطات ، .. و تقديم الاعذار و الاسباب .. و التي لم يسمعها يسوع او يهتم بها
و انما قدم شفاء كاملاً بلا مقابل .. " قم " انما " احمل سريرك و امشي
و بدلاً من ان تترك علامة مرضك و ضعفك .. احملها معك و امشي بها
لان تلك اللحظات في حياتك .. التي تسميها ضعفاً وهزيمة... هي في الحقيقة لحظات انتصارك العظمي
فقط عندما تتوقف عن تقديم الاعذار
و تضعها بين يدي الله
 وها انا يا سيدي .. لم اخلق لأعيش مشلولاً مقيداً في ضعفي .. و انما اضع بين يديك ضعفاتي وسقطاتي .. متشفعاً بقلبك المحب و روحك الشافيه ان تحولها .. من سقطات الي ادوات .. لمجدك
 سيدي .. اعِد صياغه .. سيرتي .. وحياتي 
!خلينا منورين




Sunday, November 16, 2014

Soul Scars

We human beings like to communicate, chat and tell stories. Nothing beats a nice story-telling "dating back to childhood days" among some friends, and preferably if it has some humor in it. I found that we use, even scars, yes Scars and wounds, to tell stories. Funny enough, I can put "scars" stories into categories. There are these "Pride Scars" that hold behind them an heroic act, where you probably got it jumping off the roof to save your little brother who was about to put his hand in a 2 meters tall hungry dog. There are the "Comedy Scars" leaving their mark on you after "smartly" walking into a glass window thinking it was just not there. And then...there are the "Painful Scars", the ones you wish they didn't leave that mark to remind you of an incident painful to your heart, or shameful to share. These are the ones you neglect, try to hide and never give an answer back when asked about them...the one reminding of a loss, a fight, a hatred, or an haunting past.

But most of all there are the "Soul Scars" and these are unseen to the eyes of your surrounding, yet they haunt you down and THEY are the one that keep telling you their stories over and over again. You know, these inner scars don't have a surgical solution but have a God who He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds, curing their pains and their sorrows. (Psalm 147:3), a God who says, “I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and sorry for their sins. I will give new life to those who are humble in spirit. I will give new life to those who are sorry for their sins. (Isaiah 57:15)



Jesus encounter with the Leper in Matthew 8 is an undeniable incidence of hope in His Healing Touch..a touch reaching out the soul before the body..the soul that comes kneeling and asking His will...receiving a touch full of might..the only real touch that could contact such an infested body:
Then a man sick with leprosy came to him. The man bowed down before Jesus and said, 

“Lord, you have the power to heal me if you want.” Jesus touched the man. He said, “I want to heal you. Be healed!” Immediately the man was healed from his leprosy. (Matthew 8:2-3 ERV)

وإذا أبرَصُ قد جاءَ وسَجَدَ لهُ قائلًا: «يا سيِّدُ، إنْ أرَدتَ تقدِرْ أنْ تُطَهِّرَني». فمَدَّ يَسوعُ يَدَهُ ولَمَسَهُ قائلًا: «أُريدُ، فاطهُرْ!». ولِلوقتِ طَهُرَ بَرَصُهُ. (8 مَتَّى:2-3 )

Here I Kneel...for YOU to Heal!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Ibrahim Badran

Ibrahim Badran, a name that I have been encountering a lot these past days. For those who don't know, he is a young man who has gone through a terrible accident and now lying in coma. I do not know him personally, but I can tell you that this he is surrounded by true loving friends. I have seen and am part of a prayer group around the clock putting Ibrahim in the Hands of our Healing God...i have seen prayer groups on Whatsapp..young men and women sharing in true belief their deep prayers and i could even read their tears wetting these lines..i could feel the hard times they are going through..the shock and reminder such incident creates in his surrounding. We have all been through these times. What touches me the most is the simple fact that some of them are labeling themselves "far from God nonreligious not practicing person" yet their prayers did melt my heart..they came and kneel down in Faith knowing that we have a Loving Father to go back to.

This brought my attention to an amazing story of healing we all know: the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years! Despite seeing Jesus on the road in the midst of suffocating crowds, And knowing she was "unpure نجسة" for her bleeding yet she believed whole heartedly in Jesus Power over sickness 
"For she kept saying to herself, If I only touch His garment, I shall be restored to health. (Matthew 9:21). 

And Jesus felt her special touch of faith despite all the people surrounding and pushing Him. This stunning story is NOT what amazed me, but the context of this incident in all of the three books of the bible (Matthew 9, Mark 5, Luke 8) mentioning it happening in the middle of another story حدث داخل حدث..the healing of the daughter of Jairus, a leader in the synagogue whose daughter was on the verge of death asking Jesus healing touch upon her. Jesus was on his way to Jairus home when this encounter with the bleeding lady happened. The sickness of Jairus' daughter was the reason for the bleeding woman Healing encounter! Wow! A miracle within a miracle..a story within a story..this IS our life..and this IS what I see happening through Ibrahim Badran!

Dear Heavenly Father, i come to you today putting Ibrahim in your own loving hands. I know that you listen to our prayers not because the good in us or in Ibrahim but because of Who You Are..because of your promises to Your sons and daughters. I put at your feet all the hearts seeking your touch for Ibrahim..to touch their own Hearts first and know that you are Good..all the way. I unite my prayers to the the Leper who worshiped You saying, Lord, if You are WILLING You are able to cleanse me by curing me. May Your Will be done..and may Hearts be healed along the way! In Jesus name, Amen.

Pray for Ibrahim..and for your Hearts my friends!