DAILY DEVOT IONAL 26

Pastor Megan Mead-Bracknell

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. - Psalm 119:105 (ESV)

During my four years as a Domestic Violence Counselor, I saw a lot of scares and a lot of wounds. Women and children were hurt by people they though they could trust and came to us for assistance. They were disappointed by human sin. Each person had a story and needed to experiences healing.

I remember one woman who had to move across country with her two daughters for safety. They not only needed a safe place to move, but needed to change their identity. She knew that she would not be able to return home and that her life would never be the same. Her wounds were so deep. She arrived at the shelter scared, angry and uncertain of her next moves.

When this woman was giving a chance to pick out some items for her new room, she gravitated to a Bible. She was so pleased that she could add this second hand book to her few possessions. Through classes and support groups, she was able to find a school for her girls, a job, a church and a new place to live. Through the pages of the Bible, she was able to find hope and a Light to lead guide her down a new path. She was also able to find her identity not only in life, but in Christ. She found the healing that only God can offer. She was able to start fresh, move on and turn both physical and emotional wounds into scars.

QUESTIONS:

1. How are you using your Bible to help turn wounds into scars?

2. How do the promises in the pages move you and change you? 3. Who can you share Scripture with today?

PRAYER:

Dear Healing and Redeeming God, Thank you for your presence in our hardest situations in life. You are the Great Physician and know how to heal our deepest wounds. Thank you for guiding us an lifting us up on wings like eagles. Thank you for the pages of Scripture that sustain us and help to heal our wounds. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.