Comfort Like Morning
Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O the Lord, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.
Jeremiah's cry is both petition and confession of dependence: heal me and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved. Healing is located in God's action, not in the prophet's self-repair project. Praise is the reason—God Himself is Jeremiah's praise. If you are asking for recovery, let this prayer shape your honesty. You are not bargaining with a reluctant deity; you are turning toward the One who alone can make wounded things whole. Bring body, mind, and spirit into the same request. Accept help from people skilled to care for you. Let praise interrupt self-pity without denying pain. "You are my praise" can become a sentence you whisper in waiting rooms and on hard mornings, anchoring identity in God rather than in the latest symptom report.
PrayerO Lord, heal me and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved. Be my praise when progress is slow and my hope when fear speaks loudly. Amen.
