Monday, January 29, 2018

Reflections on the healing of the Gerasene demoniac (Mark 5:1-20)




Save Lord!

There are times when I get into situations that seem to have no solution.
I feel trapped; and there seems to be no way out.
I feel chained and my loved ones seem unable to help no matter how much they try.
Day and night, I cry out and it almost seems as if there will be no end to this suffering.
Oh God, when will you hear and answer?

There are times when I seem to have prayed about a situation for a loved one.
And yet there seems to be no resolution.
Day and night, I weep over my loved one and almost wonder if God has heard or will ever answer.
Tears are my bed and disgrace seems almost certain.
Oh God, when will you hear and answer?

There are times when an issue seems to persist in my family.
There seems to be a pattern; and though we have prayed, there seems to be no solution.
Day and night, we cry out to the Lord as a family and yet He seems not to hear.
We wonder if we would ever be delivered as a family.
Oh God, when will you hear and answer?

There are times when a circumstance seems endemic in our community.
And we are almost certain that the Lord has forgotten us.
Because He seems not to care though we call out day and night.
He seems deaf to our plea and our community is just in trouble.
Oh God, when will you hear and answer?

Then the Lord Jesus Christ came out of the boat.
He came to meet us in our circumstance, situation; whatever you will call it.
He met the needs and desires of our hearts; He spoke the words and the healing was done.
Then his message was: Go home to your friends,  and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.
He sent us out to be evangelists for Him.

Angela Azumah Alu,
29/1/18


Image from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOL0vOEF4Rg

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