Photo Challenge - week 31 | A Scripture & a Snapshot

Being a photographer, I so enjoy the photo challenges that I come across here online.  I found one that I'm especially excited about ... this is where you choose one of your images, then add a scripture to best match it's theme, or visa-versa!  It's a great way to dig into, search, and share the Word of God with others! 

This is my first time participating here, and after picking a photo, and doing some digging,  I came up with a theme for this week's entry ... 'HEALING'.  Here's a quick word study on one of the names of God. :)

Jehovah-Rophe: "The Lord Who Heals"
Exodus 15:22-26.
From "rophe" ("to heal"); implies spiritual,
emotional as well as, physical healing.

The name "Jehovah-Rophe" means "Jehovah heals."  It is the second of the compound names of Jehovah. We learn of this name of God from one of Israel's earliest experiences in the wilderness as told in Exodus 15:22-26. After crossing the Red Sea, they sang (along with Moses) a great song of triumph. In this same chapter, however, we read of the people's murmuring and discontent because of a lack of water (vs. 22). They could not drink of the waters of Marah because they were "bitter" (vs. 23). God then showed Moses a certain tree which, when cast into the waters, turned the waters "sweet" (vs. 25). The people drank and were refreshed, strengthened, and uplifted for the journey ahead. Their murmuring was turned to praise as their confidence in Jehovah and Moses was renewed.

It was, however, not God who was there on trial. It was the people! God was "proving" (testing) them, and saying to them that if they would "hearken" to the voice of God and be obedient to His will, He would put "none of these diseases" upon them that He brought upon the Egyptians "for I am Jehovah that healeth thee" - that is, "Jehovah-rophecha" (vs. 26).
 

The word "rophe" appears some sixty or seventy times in the Old Testament, always meaning "to restore," "to heal," "to cure," as a physician, not only in the physical sense but in the moral and spiritual sense also. Jehovah here pledges to His people (conditional upon their obedience) to always be their "Healer." Our Lord (the Great Physician) still "heals" His people today of their spiritual illnesses (the disease of sin) through obedience to His inspired Word (Matt. 9:12-13; Lk. 4:18; Lk. 5:31-32; Rom. 6:16-18; 1 Tim. 1:15). - The Names of God - Mike Riley

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases.Psalm 103:2,3

Now, if you'd like to see more of these scripture snapshots, or enter one of your own, just click on the link below, and you'll be there in a blink of an eye! ;)

Hope to meet some new friends on this challenge!  Let's get encouraged in His Word together!  Have a blessed week!  ~ Deborah