{"id":239,"date":"2009-08-06T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2009\/08\/heal-me.html"},"modified":"2009-08-06T13:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T13:38:00","slug":"heal-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2009\/08\/heal-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Heal Me…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve come across this verse before, but it never ceases to amaze me: “Heal me, Lord, for I have sinned against you.” Psalm 41:4. It’s as if I punched a doctor in the face and broke her nose and then turned to her and said, “I’m very sorry about your nose. Also, I seem to have damaged my knuckles in the fight. Could you stitch them up for me?” <\/p>\n

Our sin is ultimately a slap in God’s face. And yet it wounds us in the process. And God is the only one who can heal our wounds. All I can hope is that I have the humility of the psalmist to recognize my own sin, and the boldness to approach God and ask for healing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve come across this verse before, but it never ceases to amaze me: “Heal me, Lord, for I have sinned against you.” Psalm 41:4. It’s as if I punched a doctor in the face and broke her nose and then turned to her and said, “I’m very sorry about your nose. 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