The Healing Journey

June 13, 2025

Have you ever found yourself lying in bed at 2 a.m., staring at the ceiling in your insomnia and getting caught up in a nocturnal routine of thinking about a lot of annoying things that go round and round in your head and keep you from falling back to sleep?

What you should have told that fellow behind you who pressed on his car horn because you didn’t put your foot on the gas the moment the light turned green. And what you should have said to that woman who let her dog do his business in front of your mailbox.

Next time that happens, try something different. Shift gears from insult and injury to an entirely different approach. Look back on your life and think about the people who affected you positively over the years. The people who were there when you needed them the most.

They weren’t the ones who received worldly honors. They might have been teachers or priests or grandparents or classmates, who, for the most part, were unheralded by the world.

Most of them won’t have obituaries in the New York Times or receive public acclaim for what they’ve done, but all of them will be at the head of the table at the heavenly banquet when we meet again. They let the Holy Spirit work through them, and they changed the world for the better.

God worked through them to help you. The signs are everywhere that God loves us personally; we just have to open our eyes and recognize them.

So when you find yourself awake late at night, worrying about your mortgage or your daughter’s college tuition, shift gears and ask the Holy Spirit to show you the people who were sent to help you along this journey of life, and say a prayer for them all.
©J Pisani

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