During the Blessing of the Holy Muron Service, I had the immense honor of holding a special container carrying the precious Balm oil. As I handed it to His Holiness Karekin II, I watched as it was mixed with olive oil and other sacred ingredients. And in that moment, something stirred within me. I couldn’t help but reflect on the deeper significance of what was happening.
This balm is one of the main ingredients of the Holy Muron and represents the healing. In the book of Jeremiah, chapter 8, verse 22, the prophet cries out, “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why, then, is there no healing for the wound of my people?” Jeremiah was lamenting the spiritual brokenness of God’s people. He was asking, “Why are we still suffering if healing is available?”
Isn’t that a question we all face at some point in our lives? After my car accident two years ago, I grappled with these very questions. For a time, I wondered if I would ever fully recover—if the healing I desperately prayed for would ever come. It was in those moments of weakness and pain that I began to understand more deeply the power of God’s healing. God used that season of brokenness to remind me that His balm—His Holy Spirit—brings healing in ways far greater than we can imagine.
Friends, the Holy Spirit, embodied in the Holy Muron, is that balm of healing, and Jesus Christ is the true Healer as he declares, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor… to heal the brokenhearted…” (Luke 4:18). Whatever you’re facing today—whatever hurt, whatever wound you carry—know that there is healing available for you. Lord Jesus Christ is offering healing for the wounds we carry, both seen and unseen. Healing for the pain that has been passed down through generations. Healing for the broken places in our hearts and our souls.
So, turn to God, repent, confess your sins and allow Him to heal you with the balm of His Holy Spirit. And when we bring our hurts to Him, He doesn’t just patch them up—He makes us whole again. He takes those scars and turns them into stories of His faithfulness.
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