It’s been
over a month since I’ve written. So, I
reviewed my journal to see some of what God has been doing in that time. A prayer on April 15 was, “So many people
need Your intervention in their/our lives.
We are doomed to destruction without You. Please intervene!”
I was
surprised that what I prayed then, was echoed in my prayer this morning. “So
many continue to desperately need You.” I then listed the people and families I
am praying for. “We all desperately need You and Your intervention in our lives!
Thank You that You choose to intervene in human lives.”
There are so
many families going through such difficult and tragic circumstances. This has been heavy on my heart for a while
now. Pain and suffering and death and loss seem to punctuate this life. I am confident that in the end, ALL will be
redeemed, ALL pain and suffering will be over for those who are in Christ. But I want to see some redemption, some
conflict resolution, some of Your wonders in the “land of the living,” as David
called it. (Psalm 27:13) I want to see it now!
In reviewing
my journal, I was able to find glimpses of God’s goodness in the midst of all the hurt and pain
in many lives.
~A wife and mother
in ICU on life support suddenly pulled through.
~Several made
it through successful surgeries and are healing.
~God revealed
truth to a Judge so that he had mercy on a young man and his case was dismissed.
~I rode a
horse for the first time since surgery and was able to “help” pen cows.
~A mother/grandmother
completed cancer treatment and was declared cancer free!
~A friend was
protected from a surgery that would have been more damaging to her condition.
~My son was
provided for by good friends who took care of him, accompanied and stayed with
him in the ER (5 ½ hours away from home) from 1:00 am to after 4:00 am in the
morning and brought him home.
~A mom was
reconciled to her daughter and granddaughter after almost 2 years of
estrangement.
~For the
first time in over 60 days, a teenage girl was able to sleep through the night
without being interrupted by excruciating pain!
~The mom on
life support, held her newborn grandson a little over a month after she was miraculously
revived.
I am so thankful
for the way we can see that God has worked in each of these individual's and
families' lives! But I am also thankful for
the ways God is working in every person’s on my prayer list lives, even when
we can’t clearly see His work from this vantage point. And even though we may never
understand His plan this side of heaven.
Jesus Calling on May 8, says, “Do not long for the absence of problems in your
life. That is an unrealistic goal. Do
not seek your heaven on earth.” And although I should not (but often do) expect
heaven on earth, I am so thankful that God is still at work on this earth, intervening
in the lives of people whether I can see it or not.
But the
greatest intervention ever performed by God was when He sent Jesus into this
world to live a perfect life and to become the perfect sacrifice for our
sins. Because of Jesus death on the
cross and His resurrection, those of us who accept Him as our Lord and Savior, have
Him to walk step by step with us through every circumstance of this life. And we have the hope of heaven, where we will
spend eternity with Him without evil or pain or suffering or death or
loss. All of our experiences will be
completely redeemed. Because of Jesus, I
can not only endure, but actually enjoy this time on earth with all its valleys
and mountains.
My greatest
prayer for all of those on my prayer list and for their families and for all of
you reading this and for your families is that each of you would experience a
relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
If you choose not to, you will not only experience some hell on earth, but you will also experience hell for
eternity. But God made a way for you to escape hell, because He loves you, wants a relationship with you and doesn't want you to suffer eternally. My greatest prayer is that you would accept Jesus as your Lord and
Savior so you can experience Him and His goodness, not only here on earth, but
also for eternity in heaven. If you are
not sure if you will go to heaven when you die, please watch these short videos or contact me so you can be sure.
“This side of heaven we do indeed get to see
revelations of His resurrection power.
This dusty orb suspended in the universe just between heaven and hell
bears in its air the flecks of them both.
I do not doubt you have tasted hell on the tip of your tongue, but you
have also tasted heaven.”
Beth Moore,
Audacious,
B&H Publishing Group, pp 150, 157
