Speak Life

Ezekiel 37 “Improv”
Reposted from @giftsinopenhands.wordpress.com

🗣Speak to the bones…

the broken bones
of those who have been abused,
or fought in wars,
or eaten so little, joints crumble,
to the bones of those
with rheumatoid arthritis,
all its arthritis siblings,
osteoporosis, bursitis, lupus,

and prophesy to them hope,
for they will be knit in spirit,
in spite of lives changed by pain,
with blessings as deep
as the rattling
of remembered joints.

Speak to the breath,
the gasping breath of those
with asthma and pneumonia,
with COPD, bronchitis,
emphysema, cystic fibrosis,

and prophesy to them,
that all the winds will blow through them.

Speak even to those with bone cancer
and those with lung cancer,
and say to them that they
are God’s dancers,
the keepers of the world’s song,

and prophesy to everyone who asks,

“Do these children of God live?

Saying, “O God, You know us.”

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As I read the verse in the Bible, I couldn’t help but think about my own “bones.” 😩 Some days, the pain, stiffness, and limited mobility of Rheumatoid Arthritis has me yelling…

🗣”CAN THESE BONES LIVE???”

✨️HalleluYAH!!!🙌🏿  because some of us know how the biblical story ends! The words we speak are so powerful that they can make the difference between life and death.

Speak hope to someone you know is struggling with their health or with any battle. 🗣 Speak Life!

✨️Credit: original poem written by @giftsinopenhands.wordpress.com and shared with her permission. ✨️