Getting Clean And Sober Does It Matter To Anyone?
Monday February 15, 2016
Do I matter? Does anyone notice me? Does anyone care? These are the questions many of us ask ourselves when we consider sorting out the chaos in our circumstances and giving life in recovery a chance.
In the Bible we read the story of a woman who had been disabled by an evil spirit for 18 years. That’s a long time. She was bent over and couldn’t straighten up. So many things in life were difficult or impossible for her to do. She probably saw more people’s feet that she did their faces. She knew that people noticed her, but for all the wrong reasons. Did anyone care about her or did her condition matter to anyone? That was doubtful.
While we don’t know all the details of her story we know that this woman must have heard about Jesus and that He cared about people. People said he was the son of God and did amazing things. She got herself to the place where Jesus was teaching, but at that time only men could speak in those gatherings, so she had to remain silent. Would anyone notice? Did Jesus care? Did she matter to God?
Jesus saw her. He asked her to come to him. He said to her, “Woman, you will no longer be disabled. I am about to set you free.” Then he put his hands on her. Right away she stood up straight and praised God. (Luke 13:12-13 NIRV)
God sees each of us today just like Jesus saw that woman. God cares and God has solutions for all the problems we face in life – whether it’s problems brought on by our own actions, or the actions of others, or just by life in general. God wants us to have fullness of life beyond all we could ask for or even imagine. God sees. God knows. God cares. We matter.
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. (Psalm 103:13-14 NLT)
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