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Getting Clean And Sober Does It Matter To Anyone?

Tuesday August 1, 2023

 Do I matter?  Does anyone notice me?  Does anyone care?  These are the types of questions many of us ask ourselves when we begin to consider sorting out the chaos of our lives and giving our will and life over to the care of God.

 In the Bible we read the story of a woman who had been disabled for 18 years.  That’s a long time.  She was bent over and couldn’t straighten up.  So many things in life were difficult or impossible for her to do.  She knew that people noticed her, but for all the wrong reasons.  Did anyone care about how she felt or did her condition matter to anyone? 

While we don’t know all the details of her story we know that this woman must have heard about Jesus and how He cared for people and was doing amazing things among them.  She got herself to the place where Jesus was teaching, but in their culture, and at those gatherings, only men could speak so she had to remain silent.  Would anyone notice her?  Did she matter to God?  Did Jesus care? 

When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. (Luke 13:12-13 NIV) 

God sees each of us today just like Jesus saw that woman.  God cares and has solutions for all the problems we face, whether it is problems brought on by our own actions, the insensitive actions of others, or just by life in general.  God wants us to have fullness of life beyond all we could ask for or even imagine.  God sees.  God knows.  God cares.  We matter to God! 

 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.  (Psalm 103:13-14 NLT)

 

Prayer:  Gracious God, Thank You for caring about me and those things I am experiencing.  Help me to seek You with all my heart and to trust You as You restore me to the new life You have promised me and for which I am thankful.  Amen

 

 

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