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Joanne Lowe
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I went to my doctor a couple of days ago and he said that my arthritis had gotten worse and that I have “severe degenerative osteoarthritis in both legs and in my back”. He prescribed a strong pain medicine for me and yesterday I received a call from a nurse at a home health care center. The nurse said the doctor had ordered physical therapists to come to my home and help me do exercises. The nurse also said that the doctor had ordered a wheelchair for the days when the pain is overwhelming and to use in case I have to evacuate to a shelter during hurricane season.
As I was praying this morning and asking God what He wanted me to write for today’s devotional, He brought this verse to my mind. Just as we need physical therapists to help us when we are unable to do the exercises alone, we need emotional therapists to help us when we are unable to bear the pain and heartaches alone. The Bible says “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2) We need to be praying for and encouraging people who are in pain emotionally. I think all of us know someone who needs a shot of encouragement daily, sometimes hourly. A lot of the time, we are the ones who need to be encouraged.
It is wonderful that we have social workers, mental health therapists and psychiatrists but just seeing them for an hour is not enough. There are times when we need someone to put us in an emotional wheelchair and stay with us until the horror, terror, pain and heartaches aren’t so overwhelming. I think there are times in every person’s life if he or she would be honest that when people say criticizing, judgmental and sarcastic words to him or her that the pain becomes overwhelming. It is then that the person needs an emotional therapist and wheelchair until the hurt goes away. We need each other on a daily basis.
Thank God that we have an emotional therapist and emotional wheelchair who is always with us and His name is Jesus. Thank God that one day the Saviour of the world walked that long and lonely road to the cross of Calvary and there allowed them to pound those spikes into His hands. He died an agonizing and cruel death for us so that we can be saved. Not only is Jesus our Saviour, He is also the great Physician. He doesn’t treat just one area of our lives; He treats everything. If you are hurting today, allow Jesus to comfort and encourage you. He will never leave you, not even for one minute.