Fatal Wounds
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Bible Blogger on
June 29, 2007 at
8:29AM EST
I'm not a big fan of medical dramas because I'm not a fan of blood splashing everywhere while two doctors grumble about their personal lives. (Sorry, ER.) Usually once a show you get one person who comes in with some kind of horrific wound that can't be healed and either results in immediate death or one of the doctor characters having to give them the news that they're going to die soon. You get the swell of dramatic music that builds in without you noticing it's there and then you have the big climactic moment after the doctor breaks the news and he goes in the hallway to get a hug from the fashion model in the nurse's outfit.
The only way those shows even survive a little bit is the fact there is a basis of fact in their storylines. We have physical wounds that just can't be healed. Sometimes those injuries to your spine mean you'll never walk again according to man's way of healing. Sometimes a brain injury is going to leave someone in a coma because man hasn't found a way to regenerate brain cells.
Thank God that there are wounds that can heal no matter how bad they may seem to man. In fact, we have wounds that seem like they could never heal that not only get complete healing but leave no scars behind after they're gone!
"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." - 1 Peter 2:24 (ESV)
I have a friend who is doing some street mission work in New York City. She's been homeless and was a stripper for seven years. To the eyes of the world, this would be a woman who was too far gone to heal and become a productive member of society. There would be no way that she'd be able to reach a point where her life would impact others in any way other than letting them have an object of fantasy and lust. Instead, today she runs a ministry helping other women escape the life she lived for years, is inspiring others through her fantastic artwork and is telling her story to help inspire others who might be facing struggle and what seems like insurmountable sin in their lives.
I have another friend named Danielle Bondi. She was a former prostitute and stripper whose wounds were healed by Christ and turned into power to witness to other women facing those same wounds through an organization she started called Christian Street Intervention. Danielle had a great heart for reaching out to others and showing them how true healing and new life was possible. Danielle mysteriously passed away a few weeks ago from an unknown cause (well, unknown to us but known to God) and now her wounds are healed beyond anything we can imagine. You see, the death of this earthly body is the ultimate healing. She's now spending eternity with Christ! No more pain, no more trials, no more anguish.
I've met so many people over the last few years who seem to be what the world would call beyond hope. Yet Jesus has come into their lives and healed all wounds...and turned those problems into situations where His name can be glorified and where other people can be helped. It's all proof that there is nothing you've done in your life that Jesus cannot forgive. (Now, I'm not talking about Jesus' followers...we all know that as human beings sometimes we fall short in realizing God's redemptive power for others. But Jesus always forgives if you repent and turn to him.)
So this Friday, as you look toward another weekend where you are looking for peace and healing, remember there's one doctor who can heal all wounds. He has no wait to see you. There's no waiting room with a line. He's just a "Jesus, help me" away.
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Posted by: Audrey on March 7, 2008 4:56PM EST
The cause of Danielle's death is known. I knew her very well and she shared a lot with me. I miss her very much and always read and re-read the letters she would write to me. A photograph is all I have of her. Only God knows what got in her way. Her death is not a mistery and some people DO know the truth.
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