As humans we need the experience of being touched. If an infant is not touched and held, its growth will be stifled. Jesus used to touch a person as part of the healing process. He cured the blind man with touch, only gradually restoring his sight by touch.
In the age of Covid we are cautious when someone wants to shake our hand. How then are we able to receive the healing touch of God? We can become amazed when something good and beautiful happens. In that sense we are being touched by God. If we are aware, we can be surprised at a beautiful sunrise or sunset. It could also happen at receiving a kind word from a friend or when something that was lost is found. The list of these kinds of experiences goes on. God wants to touch us with God’s love, a love that heals. We will receive that healing touch with a faith that is vulnerable. It is love that can penetrate the hardness of our hearts. It is in these surprising experiences that we receive the fullness of life that Jesus promised us. Touched by sun and rain, the plant will grow.
- Have you experience the healing touch of God in your life?
- Are you able to give a healing touch to others, especially when they are sick or in mourning?
- What are some of the ways God has touched your life recently?
O God, help me be vulnerable to receive your healing touch.