my leprosy
“A leper approached Him with a request, kneeling down as he addressed Him: ‘If You will to do so, You can cure me.’ ” —Mark 1:40
Leprosy in the New Testament is sometimes symbolic of such spiritual conditions as unforgiveness, anger, bitterness, resentment, hatred, self-hatred, and other sins.
Leprosy can appear as a scab (Lv 13:2). A scab is a wound that has closed and is beginning to heal. Scabs often itch. We are tempted to pick at them, re-open the wound, and lose the healing already received. Are you “picky”? Are you itching to say something to a certain someone? Don’t pick at your wound. Turn to Jesus to continue to heal your leprous scab.