Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.
I was watching the video for the next Bible study session, and frankly, I was bored. The speaker kept talking about the evil one knowing the best place to attack, how we’re afraid to suffer the way
Christ did, all in, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. It was me in a different place and time, sure, but not today. And I wondered how often she was going to relive the experiences she was sharing in this study, experiences that occurred years earlier.
And then she started down the path of busyness. You probably know the kind—where you keep so busy because you don’t want the old tapes to play, you don’t want to let up for a second because you know evil will mine that opportunity for all it’s worth if you do. The problem, the speaker opined, is that you shut out redemptive suffering at the same time.
All of a sudden, she had my complete attention.
Busyness is one of my sicknesses, and probably the most visible to me and to others. Having x number of writing projects, x number of editing or speaking gigs, x number of obligations, well, that’s fueled me for longer than I can remember. The pandemic pushed some of that busyness to the side. Resolve and the ability, finally, to say no have pushed others to the side. There’s more room for God these days, and sometimes that scares me.
Your sickness may not be as visible, but I am sure it is there, because you are human. If you call yourself healthy and not in need of the Master Physician, it only shows all the more your need for Him. Resolve this Lent to let Him heal some part of you, regardless of how much you fear the treatment. Pray for the faith to accept the cure.
