Health for Body Mind and Soul

Spiritual Health is very important, and gaining spiritual insight from everyday occurrences is very meaningful, and encouraging. Kathy McMillan, MA, Director of Employee Spiritual Care and Wholeness at Loma Linda University Medical Center shares the following insight on re-soled shoes – a lesson for the soul:

Finding shoes that fit is difficult. As a result, I’m always trying to find ways to extend the wear of my shoes.
This means, on a regular basis, I find myself in the local shoe repair shop here in Loma Linda.

Every time I go, the quiet man behind the counter seems to find humor in the large shoes I lay on his counter. But he does his work well and in a couple of days, I return to find my shoes re-soled, with new heels, mended and polished. It’s such a satisfying feeling to be able to walk away with shoes that look like new once again.

Do you ever wish life could be repaired in similar ways? Sometimes, just getting through the day scuffs us up a bit. We wear thin from the stress that we feel coming from all directions. We lose our patience, our efficiency, and our joy. We feel worn out.

The good news is that we don’t have to remain that way! God promises, “I am making everything
new” (Revelation 21:5). Through the power of His Spirit, we can re-tool, renew, and reclaim our lives. In this new year, may you know His power for a changed life.