Being Whole and Extending Wholeness

Lake Cheston Bridge

It seems to me that we are often so busy trying to work and be productive that we lose sight of what is most important. What is most important is God's work in our lives; i.e., what God is trying to do in and through us. God loves us and wants each of us to be healed, delivered and whole.  Being whole and extending wholeness to others is our life's work and will require everything we have.  

This truth was vividly brought to light this afternoon as I spoke at length with a friend about a personnel issue that has caused her sleepless nights, a churning stomach, and spiked blood pressure.  When we were able to center in God's presence to seek guidance from the Holy Spirit, peace flowed and with that peace came God's light and wisdom.  She was able to see more clearly how God is bringing her into greater wholeness through this troubling issue.  She realized her responsibility is to allow the Holy Spirit to lead and guide her, and not to take the burden upon herself.  Easier said than done!  

My friend was able to discern that God wants to work through her to bring help to both her and her employee.  This insight removed some of the burdensome aspects of dealing with misbehavior.  She realized that she is to be an extender of what she receives from God.   She is not her employee's judge, she is an agent of mercy, a vessel extending the opportunity for wholeness, both for herself and her employee.   

Each of us has received mercy in abundance, and forgiveness, too.  God asks us to extend that mercy and forgiveness to others.  Yes, I know.  Easier said than done!  This can only be done in the power of the Holy Spirit.  In the Spirit, we become healed (whole) and extend that healing (wholeness) to others.  

Being whole and extending wholeness are two-way streets we travel up and down with the help of the Holy Spirit, as we are willing.  

Everything becomes fodder for forgiveness and healing, every relationship, every interaction, every memory. When each issue is held up to God for healing light, it is transformed.  And the one who holds the issue before God becomes an agent of healing.  

Thanks be to God for all the healing agents at work in the world through the power of the Holy Spirit!  Lord, heal me so that I might be an agent of healing in others' lives.  I want to be whole myself and to extend the gift of wholeness to others, for Your glory.  

Lake Cheston Reflecting the Summer Sky