Do you trust God to make a way for you?
- By candidasullivan
- August 30, 2024
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I remember.
The nights were so long and painful. Each morning, as my eyes opened after only a few hours of sleep, the pain greeted me. Sometimes, I cried before getting out of bed because the strength to do what needed to be done that day seemed too great. Some mornings, I got up hours before I needed to get up to use ice, stretch, and have extra time.
But God changed everything for me.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
God is the way.
God has blessed me so many times in the desert. When my heart was overwhelmed with it all, He comforted me. When I couldn’t sleep, He held me. When I was so scared of my future, He spoke peace to me. When I finally believed that God could heal me, then He did. He made a way for me in the wilderness when there was no way.
Gratitude makes what we already have enough.
Sometimes, I like to go back and remember where I was and what He did for me. The desire in my heart to be healed was great. It was all I could think about. Before God moved, however, I accepted that He may not heal me, and I decided to love my body for all it could do instead of hating the things it struggled to do. I learned to be patient and love myself through the pain. And to be grateful for the scars which caused me so much pain.
God hears our prayers.
The night I fell, I was awake most of the night. I used that time to pray. While my arm was injured, I remained awake most nights. And I begged God to help me. It all made sense when I sat in the room with the surgeon, and he told me he could make me a thumb. God made a way for me. All along, He had a plan for me. And it was better than anything that I had imagined.
There is joy in the pain.
While His plan for me was very painful at times, the joy of His blessing far outweighs the pain. His blessings are new every morning. God taught me a precious lesson through it all. He is the way. He is God, and He can make miracles happen. Sometimes, He moves mighty; sometimes, it is a small way. But He has taught me to be grateful for it all.
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