Self-heal

This prunella vulgaris is sometimes called Self-heal. Our bodies have a wonderful propensity to recover from wounds, illnesses and diseases, a leftover from our physical immortality in Eden. Spiritually, however, we are most incapable of healing ourselves at all. Spirituality, self-help, mindfulness, meditation, prayerfulness and all the rest: they might make us feel better, but they cannot mend the root cause which is our fallen, human natures. Only Christ’s shed blood can effect the remedy; only the Spirit’s indwelling may reverse the effects.