Bonner's Journal- Day 21. The great physician

February 4. Day 21

Great physician, do your perfect work in us. Jesus, put us back together! Made in your image.
 

A very difficult reality set in today when we had no therapy to be mentally engaged in. We realized that our business in appointments and therapies had become a form of escape. Saturdays have become a day to slow down and face reality.  

In normal life, how many times have we tried to "hide" in our daily schedule? How many times have we heard the voice of the Holy Spirit tell us to slow down? How many times could we have listened to our hearts, but we pressed on with anxious worry?

Here at the hospital it has been so hard to remain at ease when we have been eager to get well and return to our "normal" life...but how does location and circumstance have any bearing on the Lord's command to, "fret not, neither let your heart be troubled"?


We had a very stressful morning because we would not rest. However, we learned our lesson and ended the day in a state of peace. We went outside into the sunlight and found a quiet park like setting and just rested in the Lord.

The battle of the mind is one that we are winning by allowing the promises of God to take root in our thoughts by continual meditation of His word, prayer, and praise. We are doing what we have been taught, and it works! It has not been easy, but His ways work.