Can You Fix It?

           A mom once wondered why her two young sons were suddenly so quiet in the playroom.  She decided to check on them amd as she headed down the hallway she could hear the younger one say, "Can you fix it?"  Somewhat concerned, but also curious - she decided to slow down and stay quiet to see just where this conversation was going. 
       The older brother said - "I don't think I can." 
       The little brother replied, "But you always fix everything."
       "Yeah, but this is pretty bad."
       "So that means we are going to have tell Mom and Dad."
       "I think so - I can fix stuff - I can't fix you."
At that point, Mom was beginning to worry so she rushed into the room to see what was going on with her children.  She found them sitting side by side on the bench seat.  Everything seemed OK until she noticed that the youngest son was holding his foot one of his toes was pointed at a strange angle.  It turns out that toe was broken. 
       Eventually, his toe healed and everything was fine.  The mom said later that obviously it would take a lot more than a broken toe to slow down her little one.  For some reason, though I do love this story.  Maybe I like it because of the faith little brother had in big brother to "fix everything;"  or maybe it is the certainty that  big brother would have fixed his brother up if he could have, or maybe it was the calm that existed between the two boys.  Anyway, I have always enjoyed this story.
     Perhaps the real reason I like it story so well is because it reminds me of Jesus - our great Healer, the perfect "fixer."  First and foremost, He has healed our sin sick souls by the blood that He shed.  I Peter 2:24-25-- "Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness, by whose stripes ye were healed.  For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls."  Beautiful!!  Our sweet Jesus, the Son of God made our souls clean.  You see, we were dead to God because of our sins; but Christ's precious blood gave us back our relationship with God.  The Son of God, made us God's sons and daughters.  If we learn His will and obey Him, He will cleanse us - make us whole again and restore us to the Father. 
     Jesus is truly our great Redeemer and because He has lived on earth as a man --He knows what we go through in our lives.  And He cares.  He really does care.  Do you think He would have come to live as a man - give up heaven and live on earth from birth to His death on the cross - if He didn't care?  Oh, yes Robin - I know He loves us and sacrificed His life for us -- so that we could have eternal life.  True enough, but His entire life experience means that He knows what we feel -- so He understands all our heartaches and our pains.  And through our faith in Him - through our new life through Him we come to understand that life might hit us pretty hard sometimes, but He is always there for us.  We have the Son of God on our side!!!
        We can be complete faith in Jesus.  We can be confident knowing that He really can "fix it."  We can trust the fact that He is our big brother in the truest sense of the word and He is totally willing and able to heal us - comfort us -- to ease all the pain in our hearts.  We can have that wonderful  peaceful relationship with HIm.  Our relationship with Him will heal our broken hearts and give us a hope of heaven with Him. 
       So the next time you feel lost and all alone, understand that you are a joint-heir with Jesus Christ Himself and that your "big Brother" really can fix anything. 

Christ above all things,
Robin