The Healing Touch

Inside Her Mind

Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist, experienced a severe stroke in 1996 that left her unable to walk, talk, or even recognize her own family. Through years of rehabilitation and a deep understanding of the brain, she made a remarkable recovery. Taylor later shared her insights and experiences in her book "My Stroke of Insight," providing a unique perspective on the process of recovery from a neurological event.

Luke 4:16–17 ESV

16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Luke 4:23–24 ESV

23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘ “Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’ ” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

Isaiah 61:1–2 ESV

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

John 4:29 ESV

29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”

In that moment I knew that I was no longer the choreographer of my life, and either the doctors rescue my body and give me a second chance at life or this was perhaps my moment of transition...

Sickness is a great leveller.

J. C. Ryle

6088 Sickness shows us what we are.

Anonymous

What Serious/Unresolved Sickness Does

A man will break his health down trying to get wealth and then he’ll turn around and spend his wealth trying to get his health back. SM Lockridge

Luke 8:43 “And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone.”

It caused her to spend all that she had.

It now began to define and dictate her life (she is now no longer free)

Where she can go is determined by her sickness.

Who she can see is determined by her sickness.

She cannot pray with the people in public, so not only is a stigma attached to her sickness but she must have been tempted to believe that even God could not her her sick prayers.

There is a spiritual desperation that frees a person from the fetters of shame. This desperation is often present in the sick.

Matthew 8:2 ESV

And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”

2 Kings 5:1 “Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.”

2 Kings 5:3 ESV

3 She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”

2 Kings 20:2 ESV

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,

John 5:5 “5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.”

Mark 10:47 “47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!””

When a man or a woman knows he/she is no longer the choreographer of his or her own life, the role of the believing medical worker is paramount.

You may lead a soul to faith.

You can point them to God.

People listen when faced with great difficulty.

The Lord wants wise men and women acting in the capacity of nurses to comfort and help the sick and suffering. Through the ministrations of these nurses, those who have heretofore taken no interest in religious things will be led to ask, “What must I do to be saved?” The sick will be led to Christ by the patient attention of nurses who anticipate their wants, and who bow in prayer and ask the great Medical Missionary to look with compassion upon the sufferer and to let the soothing influence of His grace be felt and His restoring power be exercised....

MM 191.3