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The faith of Jairus is inspiring. He believed Jesus could heal his daughter and sought him out for her physical healing.
To receive physical healing is a great gift. How much more does the Lord desire our spiritual healing so that we can receive God’s salvation which has been won for us by our Lord Jesus Christ. Our free-will acceptance of God’s love snatches us out of a destructive domain and takes us into the land of the living, where we will have a life-long journey towards holiness.
In tandem with spiritual healing is another kind of healing: inner healing, which can be found when we seek God in prayer. If we are candid with our Lord about what is going on in our hearts and ask him to ease our fears, hurts, burdens, poverty, and inadequacy, he will heal us and bless others through us. As we let God purify and sanctify us, our spirit will in time become pure and we will want to love only him, the Creator. Then we can be effective instruments of God’s healing, peace and power.
Let us pray that God in his divine love will increase our faith in him, and give us the grace to persevere in loving him and serving others for his sake.