I don't know how each of you handle changes or unexpected things. I have had lots of change in my life. For example, I attended 13 schools before getting my BA. I have lived in 4 states. I have owned 4 homes in 9 years etc.... I never really thought I minded change. It's just part of life. As I get older, I don't embrace it as readily. Not to mention it also becomes more and more work the bigger the family gets and as the kids get older. This time I am choosing to rest in the Lord. I ask the Lord to continuously remind me of times He has been faithful.
God has done some amazing things in my life and yet I often choose to worry and fret.
It reminds of the Israelites who were delivered from Egypt, pass through the Red Sea, were guided by clouds and fire, etc... Yet they complained and wondered how they would be fed or where they were going. They were unable to appreciate the place that God had them. The disciples saw Jesus raise Lazarus, heal people, feed the 5,000, and yet they often doubted. Us humans are so fickle and so easily distracted. And so I am asking the Lord to keep my eyes fixed on Him.
He reminded me that He is a big God and can't be put in a box.
I began to think of miracles I have witnessed and heard of. Here is an example of His power, when His people begin to pray.
In November of 2005 I took my twins for their 4 year old checkup. Dr. M decided to do one at a time and Cameron went first. Everything was fine and so she moved on to Collin. All was going well. When she had him bend over and ran her hand down his back she got a disturbed look on her face. So over and over she does it, telling him stand up and then bend. I am beginning to get very nervous at this point. When she had him stand up she looked at his shoulder blades. Then showed me. They were very lopsided and she could feel a curve in the base of his spine. She told me she was very concerned and that I needed to go and have an x-ray taken right away. I went and had the x-ray done and headed home. Dr. M called me later that evening and said that the x-ray showed that his spine was curved and we would need to see a specialist.
We immediately began to pray. We took him to the pastor and with some friends anointed his head with oil and prayed for his healing. I also prayed God would give me a verse to hold on to. And he led me to:
Psalm 34:17-20
The Righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
He delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
A righteous man may have many troubles,
but the Lord delivers him from them all;
He protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.
I knew then that God was going to do something big. We continued to pray and seek Him. I remember praying to God that if He chooses to heal Collin I will testify that he had been healed. And if He doesn't heal Him I will testify of His power to help those who are troubled. But I was determined to give Him glory regardless of the outcome.
When we went to see the specialist he looked at Collin's back and couldn't find anything wrong with it. He checked and rechecked and rechecked again and it was straight. His shoulder blades were now side by side too. He looked at the x-ray and with a confused face said that the technicians must have misread the x-ray. My Mom and I looked at each other and smiled, we knew God had healed him.
God can do exceedingly more that we can imagine. :>Michelle
I am so in love with Jesus and am seeking to know Him more each day. I am a wife to Jeff and Mommy to 5 children (Bailey 8, Cameron & Collin 7, Kiley 4, and Carter 2). My house is often crazy, but always full of love. This blog is a story of my adventures, God's mercy and grace in my life, and funny days that aren't always very funny at first.
