How is God making me well?

Sunday's text continues where we left off in Luke - Luke 17.11-19.  It is the story of the healing of 10 people with leprosy.  As I was thinking about this text this morning in the shower I had an epiphany of sorts.  (Interestingly a lot of my epiphany's happen in the shower.  I suspect it has something to do with the water flowing over my head and its link to baptism.)

So the text starts and Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem, passing through another town.  In this town there happens to be a group of lepers crying out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"  They encounter Jesus who first speaks to them, heals them, and then, after the one returned to give thanks, sent him on his way.

The epiphany went something like this: Isn't that what we do every Sunday in worship?!?!

We come to worship and begin with our kyrie, crying out to God in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"  We then encounter Christ in the hearing of the Word - in scripture and sermon, and then again at the table where we partake of Christ's body and blood.  It is in these encounters that Christ heals us.

And this is where it gets a little murky for me.  Christ healed all 10 lepers, but only the one returned to give thanks to him.  What makes the one who returned different?  Do Christ's words, "get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well," imply that being healed and being made well are two different things?  And how does the man's faith play a role in his returning and giving thanks?

All of these questions about faith and healing have me wondering: How is God making me well?