Devotionals

Daughter

by PamFord Davis 
01/28/15
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‘Daughter’… It has been too many years since I have answered to that name.

Mom died in 1999 and Dad followed in 2002. Though both are deceased, I still hold the middle daughter position, of Frank and Betty Ford. The word daughter implies relationship through family ties. There is both a binding legality and a bonding through love.

Recently, through the Lord’s still small voice I heard the endearing name.

‘Daughter’…

“And he said unto her, ‘Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace (Luke 8:48).”

The Holy Spirit, as Comforter brought this passage to mind. It served as both a reminder and reassurance. I am a child of God; I became his daughter through faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior. I made that faith commitment on October 22, 1967.

I was born again; Jesus made me whole.

Meditate on the Luke passage: chapter 8, verses 43-48. It details the dilemma of a woman with a chronic illness. Her money had run out, leaving her feeling disillusioned in medicine. Yet, she had a surplus of faith in the Great Physician.

Putting that faith into action, she touched Jesus’ garment. He immediately healed her, making her physically whole. Until I surrendered my life to Christ, I was empty. He filled that emptiness; he made me whole.