Jesus is the Great Physician , and a good doctor doesn ’ t impose himself on you . He offers his treatment plan , and as the patient , you can either accept it or reject it and go in a different direction .
Excerpted from Crazy Happy : Nine Surprising Ways to Live the Truly Beautiful Life Copyright © 2021 by Daniel Fusco . Used by permission of WaterBrook , an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC .
See , God doesn ’ t change your tragedy ; he changes you through the tragedy . He doesn ’ t make it go away ; he redeems it . I remember when my mother passed away , someone said , “ Daniel , listen , time heals all wounds .” But I ’ ve learned that , unfortunately , time doesn ’ t heal all wounds . Time can make some wounds almost start to feel normal , but only Jesus truly heals wounds .
When Jesus heals , he doesn ’ t undo what ’ s been done to us . He takes the wrongs and the pain we ’ ve experienced , and he works in his infinite wisdom to comfort us . And when we are receptive to his work in the midst of our tragedies , through his perfect care and wisdom , our scars become testimonies of God ’ s faithfulness . And those testimonies are a means for to comfort others , because we ’ ve walked the very path they ’ re on .
Daniel Fusco is the lead pastor of Crossroads Community Church in Vancouver , Washington , author of Crazy Happy : Nine Surprising Ways to Live the Truly Beautiful Life as well as the host of the Crazy Happy podcast . His radio program , Jesus Is Real Radio , is broadcast across the country , and his TV show , Real with Daniel Fusco , airs weekly on the Hillsong Channel . Daniel and his wife , Lynn , have three children and live in southwest Washington .
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