As If

by Macy Johnson

“You turned my wailing into dancing;

you removed my sackcloth

and clothed me with joy.”

(Psalm 30:11 NIV)

 

One Sunday morning our congregation sang “Thy Mercy, My God, Is the Theme of My Song” as our Hymn of Praise. As I sang the second verse I thought of my recent injury and how my heavenly Father brought me through the pain and recovery. Then I looked up at the choir and caught the tear-filled eyes of one of the sopranos. She recently experienced a close brush with death and the words touched her heart, too.

 

Without Thy sweet mercy, I could not live here
Sin would reduce me to utter despair
But through Thy free goodness, my spirit's revive
And He, that first made me, still keeps me alive

 

After my accident friends and family would ask, “How are you feeling?” One day I joyfully exclaimed, “I feel as if it never happened!” My healing was perfect and complete with no lingering effects.

 

Sometimes I want to look inside my body, to see how God has healed me, to see what my once-fractured bones look like. Then my faith kicks in. I don’t need to know the details of my life – they are in the hands of God. He holds my broken pieces and mends them as if they were never hurt or offended. I have to give them to Him and trust Him with them. My heavenly Father takes my life to make me better, more like Him.

 

When God resurrected the body of Jesus, He healed it completely and left the scars in His hands intact for our remembrance. I can imagine what my heavenly body may be like – healed, almost as if it never happened.

 

I will thank my heavenly Father for keeping me alive in joy and sorrow. I hope you will, too!