All that you are going through is not without purpose. The pain and suffering has a far more eternal
weight of glory. Sickness is never
easy. It can be very lonely when others
have not walked in your shoes and do not seem to understand. There is always that voice that says, you
should be healed. There is healing in
the name of Jesus and the Lord does want to heal us from sickness and disease
for it is not from the Lord. Yet, God
does allow it. God does use it for His
purposes and what the enemy means for evil the Lord turns for good in our
lifetime. Truly it would be wonderful if
all were healed.
One thinks of Joni Eareckson
and her courageous battle over many years and the awesome testimony of the
power of God in her life. She is an
example to so very many. There are
stages we go through when dealing with chronic illness and sometimes we have to
just keep believing that God is God and that His purposes are higher than ours and
at the same time, never give up hope of total healing in His way and
timing.
There are days when it seems dark, especially when one is
going through suffering in the winter months.
The only sun that is shining can be in our hearts and His name is
Jesus. For those living in the northern
hemisphere life can at times be so very difficult. The snow, freezing cold temperatures and lack
of sunshine are at times hard to bear.
Plainly many of us live here but are spring and summer people at heart.
Remember each day
brings us one day closer to spring and summer when the sun will shine a lot
longer and there will be heat and warmth again.
In the meantime let us remember that even in the winter months Jesus is
here working in your heart and life and He has not forgotten where you are
living. Take this time to seek Him in a
greater way and remember that He, Jesus is the sunshine in your life. Take time to pray, for God hears even those
simple little prayers and they do go up before the throne of heaven and reach
His ears.
Plainly God is saying, my
child do not give up for I hear you and know your heart. I have seen the disappointments of life and
you must go forward knowing you are mine.
Keep trusting in me child and see even in the deep of winter that my
heart has not taken my eye from you.
Trust that you are mine and hold on even in the storms of life. I am the anchor of your soul.. I am your rock and your salvation. Hold on to me even in the dark night hours
when lack of sleep due to pain seems unbearable. Lean on Me and allow me to hold you in My
arms. You are mine and I will never
forsake or leave you.
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22
