Curses to Cures

Genesis 1:27

God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:31

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.

If there was one thing about yourself that you could change, what would it be? Be honest. For me it would be my Crohn's disease, which for a couple years now has been my thorn. We all have something we would change. But no matter how much we ask God, He usually doesn't change them. Why? Because He made us that way. Yeah I suffer from my Crohn's disease repeatedly and I've missed out on some stuff because of it, but I have learned many important lessons from it. This disease has been used by God to teach me a ton of lessons that have changed me for the better.

We are all made unique by God. And yes there are things about us that are not what we or the world would call glamorous or beautiful. But these things make us who we are. We need to accept them as parts of ourselves, not just the parts we like. There are things in this world deemed as lesser: Downs, autism, genetic defects. There are things people get: Cancer, diabetes, diseases. These things become part of the person they affect. Many wonder, "How can a God of Love do this to someone if He Loves them?" But we have been cursed since Adam and Eve instilled the sinful nature within us and this world. All our suffering comes from our sin. But just like God made sure Cain was taken care of after he was exiled for killing Abel, God has made sure we are safe despite our bodies being cursed by this world's sinful existence. He has given us His Son, Jesus Christ, to put our hope in for a future in Heaven with Him and our Father. So now of being forever stuck with the things that afflict us, we are allowed a new future. And with this God has turned our bodies' curses to cures.

Now instead of a curse that plagues us, it is a reminder of the hope we have. These things are now also being used by God to change us and teach us. To change us into better followers in order to spread God's Kingdom on earth and to help store up our treasures in Heaven. We are no longer cursed, but are cured. That is why God sees all that He has made and calls it good. He calls us His children and Loves us the way we are made. Every part of us has been made for glorifying Him and for growing us in preparation for the time when we are called by God to come into His Kingdom.

We don not always understand why things happen the way they do, but God does. He knows everything about our future and says, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Jer. 29:11 Take pride in humble position God has put you in as it says in James, for the things that we and this world call "faults" and "curses" are the things that will bring us the most in Heaven, if we let God use them to teach us. I can now say, that I would not ask God to take away my Crohn's Disease unless there wasn't a single thing that I could not learn from it or use to glorify Him more. The things that curse us are truly the things the God uses to cure us. So don't desire physical change, desire Spiritual change, for our Loving God will surely give it.

Thank You For Reading
Long Live Jesus Christ
Amen