"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways,” declares the Lord. Isaiah 55:8
My Bible study group had been discussing the fact that nothing is
too hard for God.
Across the table from me, Sue spoke up.
“I haven’t told many people this story,” she said, “ but I want to
share it in here. I’m a nurse on the OB-GYN floor of the hospital. One of our
new mothers had been diagnosed with breast cancer during her pregnancy. To
protect the baby, she had refused any treatment. The day the baby was born, the
doctor immediately ordered tests to see how far the cancer had spread.
“At the end of my shift that day I felt like God wanted me to pray
with her. I went by her room, and she readily agreed. I prayed aloud,
specifically asking God to heal her.
“The next day the test results started coming back. They were all
negative. The malignant cells hadn’t spread, and she no longer had breast
cancer.”
Sue concluded, “The doctors were dumbfounded. They couldn’t
explain what had happened. However, that young mom and I believed we understood
it. God had healed her.”
Intellectually, we know God has incomprehensible power, but
emotionally we tend to limit Him to work in the usual, familiar ways. When He
uses doctors, medicines, and technology to heal, we are grateful but not
amazed.
Sometimes, as in this case, He stuns us with a miracle that is
beyond our expectations. That’s when we remember who He is.
His ways are not our ways. Nothing is too hard for God.
Heavenly Father, Your ways astonish and humble me.
Carol
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