Jehovah Rapha.

 Jehovah Rapha — The Lord Who Heals

A Reflection on Exodus 15:26 and Psalm 103:2-3

Jehovah Rapha—the Lord who heals.

Not a distant echo, not a rumor on the breeze,

But the present touch of mercy that flows from calvary's trees.

When the bitter waters poison and the body starts to fail,

He is the Tree cast into the stream, making the bitter wells avail.

“I am the Lord, your healer.” (Exodus 15:26, paraphrased)

He heals the broken heart—the shattered trust, the silent shame.

He binds the wound that no one sees and whispers out your name.

He does not scorn your tears nor rush your anguished cry.

He stays beside your bedside with a tender, healing eye.

He heals the wasting flesh, the weary bone, the fevered brow.

He is the Great Physician; no case is too hard for Him now.

Sometimes by miracle sudden, sometimes through doctor’s hand,

Sometimes the healing waits for the resurrection land.

Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits—He forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases. (Psalm 103:2-3)

Jehovah Rapha—not just for the body's frame,

But for the soul's deep sickness, for the heart consumed by shame.

He heals the leprous conscience, the addiction's iron chain,

The fear that paralyzes, the doubt that brings its pain.

So I come to You, Healer God, with open, empty hands.

I ask for touch, for grace, for strength to rise and stand.

Your name is my medicine, Your word is my relief.

Jehovah Rapha, I receive Your healing, Lord. I believe.

By His wounds you have been healed. (1 Peter 2:24)

Amen.