Transplant Bible passages

It's taken me years to accept that although God does not cause the bad things that happen to me, it is truly His hand that is wielding my circumstances, good, bad, and indifferent, to shape me into the person He wants me - needs me - to be. And that I have a choice in this process. I can stop it and go in a different direction at any time.
This story is very autobiographical. People who know me well will know what some of the knives were, and how I screamed. Some of them were my own sins. As you read, can you see that some of the things that are so painful in your life, and seem so pointless, are being handled by a gentle and expert Surgeon who knows and loves you like no other?

For those who would like deeper study, here are some Bible texts for the different elements of the parable we have just finished.

• The surgery: Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26; Psalm 51:10
• The instruments: Romans 8:28; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 18:1-12; Isaiah 54:16-17
• Pain medication: Psalm 30:11; 50:14-15; 51:8; 56:8-13; Isaiah 61:3; Philippians 4:4-6
• Emergency room nurses and EMTs: Leviticus 19:34; Isaiah 32:1-2; 35:3-4; 40:1-2; Galatians 6:1; Hebrews 5:1-2
• Exercises: Psalm 18:29; 119:32; 150; Isaiah 40:29-31; II Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 12:1-2
• Breathing Exercises: (Prayer is the breath of the soul.) Psalm 55:17; Danial 6:10; Matthew 26:41; Mark 13:33; John 17; Romans 12:12; I Corinthians 7:5; Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 4:2; I Thessalonians 5:17
• Daily anti-rejection medicine: John 15:4; I Corinthians 15:30; II Corinthians 3:18; 4:7-10

I hope you have enjoyed the story. Coming next:

Lina is a flax plant, growing happily in the sun, minding her own business, when she hears a rumor that she can be made into "something beautiful." Isn't she already beautiful? Does she want or need to be even more beautiful? Well, why not?

What happens next is shocking. . .

Repairing the Breach,

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