He comfort us to comfort others (2cor 1:4)

God cherishes us in our brokenness, but he’ll never leave us there. He sends people. And then, as he heals us, he uses us to touch others. I love the conclusion of the story of the lame man who was healed at the Gate called Beautiful (Acts3): “When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.” 
When the people saw the man and recognized him, a crowd gathered. It became the perfect opportunity for Peter to preach, and the man was used as a witness unto the power and person of Jesus.
Our healing could be for others too. When the man looked up, he obeyed, undaunted, and he was healed, and multitudes came to Christ. 
Isn’t this the same work God was doing in us? He wants to lead us all through the gate called Beautiful, right into his presence. To put us on the path to our destiny, to fulfill our calling. To free us to live undaunted, so multitudes can be helped. 
God chooses imperfect vessels, like me, like all of us who have been wounded, who have physical or emotional limitations. Then he prepares us to serve and sends us out with our weakness, so that his strength can be made perfect in that weakness (2 Cor 12:9). More often than not, it’s our weakness that makes us capable of serving, because those we serve identify with our pain. 
As always, God will work in us so he can work through us.

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