Christ takes away our infirmities, Journey of Faith

“Praise the Lord who heals the brokenhearted.”
Psalm 147:1
Life, as we know, is full of paradoxes. Where there is joy, there will also be pain. Where there is order, there will always be things that need fixing. Our lives are like that—contrasts and opposites. But they are also opportunities along the way to find God and the healing we long for.
The first reading today is from the Book of Job, a blameless man who knew setbacks and flat-out misery. Can you relate? Most of us can. Yet even in moments of despair Job never lost sight of God’s presence. We can take comfort from a man who gave himself over to God with the wisdom of faith and the knowledge that his Creator would never abandon him. Here’s what Job said:
“Yet he knows my way:
if he tested me, I should come forth like gold.
My foot has always walked in his steps;
I have kept his way and not turned aside.
From the commands of his lips I have not departed;
the words of his mouth I have treasured in my heart.”
– Job 23:10-12

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