(Barbara Preston, member of the body of Christ)
My husband went through a difficult time beginning last summer with a number of serious physical problems.
One day he was having a lot of abdominal pain and I was trying to help him.
But nothing I was doing was helping. He just kept feeling worse. Seeing him in so much pain was upsetting.
I felt so helpless. I laid down and silently cried out to God telling Him that I was at the end of my rope. I asked Him to please give me wisdom because I didn’t know what else to do and to please help us. What do I do?
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
It had been a rough day for us and I was so physically tired that I knew I would have difficulty even standing up.
But before I could do anything I heard from God what to do to relieve his pain and then I heard what to tell him to do.
Then I felt this energy surge through my body and I was able to get up quickly and easily and go to him and give him the instructions that I had heard and it worked and the pain left after doing this and the problem was resolved!
I have thought about this so many times since it happened. And how God gave me the energy and wisdom to resolve this problem when I was “at the end of my rope.”
And it always makes me happy to think about what God did to help us.
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(Pam Padgett, member of the body of Christ)
Monday evening I went to the mailbox in
front of my house. One of my neighbors was driving down the street and
stopped when she saw me. We haven't seen each other in well over a year
and she commented on my curly hair. I told her these curls were known
as "chemo-curls" and that I had lost most of my hair during
chemotherapy last winter and when it grew back, it was very curly.
This
is the first she had known of my having had cancer and she asked how I
was doing with this. I told her there are no signs of cancer now. She said she would pray a special prayer
for me. (This woman is Catholic.) I thanked her and went on to tell
her that the doctors had said I would have to have my bladder removed, but that
I had prayed to God about this and was shown another way to handle treatment
of the cancer. Now there are no signs of cancer and I still have my
bladder!
I offered to send her a writing from our blog which tells how all this came about. She said she would like to read this.
She
then told me that she has had 5 surgeries since this past May. I was
shocked and asked of her current status. She didn't go into much
detail but mentioned that there have been cysts found in various parts
of her body although no cancer has been found.
I
also asked about her dogs which I've taken care of in the past and like very
much. She said that one of the dogs died just this past weekend.
Though he was an older dog, it was obviously very difficult for her.
During
our conversation, she also told me she was going to be retiring in 2
weeks after working many years as a tennis coach at the college level.
She always seemed to enjoy this work.
At
the end of our conversation and before she drove away, she asked me to
be sure to send the writing about how I had been led by God in the cancer
treatment.
This neighbor is obviously dealing with difficult, and probably fearful, events and changes in her life.
Of course I prayed for her. And I sent her a text message:
Here's a link to the blog post I told you about regarding how I was led in dealing with cancer:
In whatever we face, God is able to help us.
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She thanked me for sending this. A short time later, she sent another note: "Although it has been a struggle (I assume she meant going through cancer diagnosis/treatment) - you have been blessed!"
I replied: "Yes, in many ways. Just being able to turn to God with each problem, and that HE knows what is needed, is such a blessing."
(Comments by Joan Boney)
After Pam told me about this, I asked Pam to send this woman a link to our Classical Music podcast.
She sent a reply thanking me for thinking of her and she said, "I need something to relax more."
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