WHEELCHAIRS FOR JESUS

"Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;"

Psalms 103:2- 4
King James Version

When we see people who are crippled and handicapped and can't walk, we put them in wheelchairs and take them to the doctor.

We need to do the same thing when we know people who are hurting emotionally and feel like giving up and going to bed and staying there.

We need to take them to Jesus, the great Physician. Doctors can do open heart surgery but only Jesus can heal a broken heart.

When I was in the hospital going through that crippling depression, God used a nurse to encourage me and help me. O how I love nurses and thank God for them. 

It's hard for me to write about this but if it helps just one person, then it's worth it. I had crawled underneath the bed in the hospital because I was afraid of everyone and everything and really believed I didn't have a right to live.

One night a nurse I had never seen got on her hands and knees and crawled under that bed and laid beside me and I was terrified. She took my hand and that really scared me because I thought she was going to hit me but she didn't say anything.

She smiled at me and just laid beside me for almost two hours until finally I trusted her enough to let her take me out from under that bed.

Yes, that nurse was sent from Jesus to put me in an emotional wheelchair and take me to Him.  On that day, I heard the words I had been waiting to hear all of my life.

I heard Jesus said to me "I Love you, Joanne, and I won't let anyone hurt you again".

You see, I didn't know Jesus loved me I thought it was impossible for Him to love me because I had been such a hateful, selfish person.

For many years, I blamed my parents for all my problems until one day I heard Billy Graham say "Don't you blame your parents. There comes a time in everyone's life when he or she makes the decision to do right or wrong."

It's a lot easier to blame others than it is to accept responsibility for our own actions, isn't it?   Do you know someone who is hurting emotionally? Have you taken him or her to Jesus? Have you told the person how much Jesus loves them?

Let's stop hurting Jesus because we don't  take our loved ones, our friends and all who are hurting to Him and allow Him to heal them.

One day, it may be you that needs someone to put you in an emotional wheelchair and take you to Jesus. It is so true that we get back what we give out.

Joanne Lowe
June 13, 2021