tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193607791242107960.post5675398513975791656..comments2023-05-12T03:50:13.685-07:00Comments on Welcome to Dawn's Christian Blog!: Lazy, hazy summer daysDawn's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06919335112803533156noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193607791242107960.post-19466140429287928082014-09-01T20:43:34.332-07:002014-09-01T20:43:34.332-07:00I hear your pain. God is not limited like we are, ...I hear your pain. God is not limited like we are, because He is not human. He is not bound to time or place. Working as a nurse in the ICU, I have seen miracles, but I have also seen people pass away. There is no way we can possibly know the mind of God, because "my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD" (Isaiah 55:8). That can be hard for us to accept, because we like to know why, we like to know when, but these things are not always given to us. Not yet, anyway. <br /><br />Trials are not necessarily from our sin, because the Bible speaks of a man born blind, and while people judged and wondered if it was his sin or the sin of his parents why he was born blind, Jesus said, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him" (John 9:3). God has a very special purpose in your suffering. Have you thought about what that might be? Why would God allow you to suffer? Could it be to draw you closely to His loving arms, or to draw someone you love and care about closer to Him? I don't know the answer to that, but I wonder if you do if you stop and meditate on that. <br /><br />One word of caution I will extend to you is that sin in your heart can affect your prayer life. Isaiah 59:1-4 says, "Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity." In the New Testament, it says, "Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered." A man mistreating his wife can cause his prayers to be hindered. Please take a close look inside and see if there is any sin in your heart that you can confess, and pray to God, acknowledge your sin, and repent of it. You may need to do business with God to renew that relationship before He will hear you. If it seems like He is not answering the phone, as you put it, perhaps He truly is not. The prayer of repentance, however, coming to Him not with pride and arrogance but a humble, sweet spirit before Him, showing Him respect and awe that He deserves as the God of the entire universe, that prayer, my friend, will always be heard. Take care of the cancer of sin in your heart, and there will be healing in you. Will the physical cancer be healed? Only God knows. I will pray that He does as well. <br />Dawn's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919335112803533156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193607791242107960.post-27291553107233058942014-09-01T17:48:55.614-07:002014-09-01T17:48:55.614-07:00I know Jesus is my personal savior, just can't...I know Jesus is my personal savior, just can't get him to answer the phone. I just keep getting a busy signal. He seems to have time to save all of these other people but not me. Must be hard to get through all of the silly requests like Please Let My Parents Give Me a Puppy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193607791242107960.post-27213248831934804602014-09-01T17:34:50.632-07:002014-09-01T17:34:50.632-07:00I am very sorry for your situation. It truly is am...I am very sorry for your situation. It truly is amazing that God pays any attention to us. Psalm 8:4-6: "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:" We are not worthy of His grace, but He loves us. 1 Peter 5:7: "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." He doesn't always take disease and turmoil away, but he wants us to be content in our situations. Hebrews 13:5: "Let your conversation [or, walk of life] be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." I am not sure if a cure for your cancer will come, but you can know that if you place your faith in Jesus Christ, your eternal destination will be secure, and He will go THROUGH the trial with you, but won't necessarily make it go away. But know that if it is His will that you go through it, then there is a purpose in it. Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." <br /><br />If you don't know Jesus as your personal Savior, please let me know and I can show you how you can have 100% assurance of eternal life. This life is a culture of death and disease because of our sin. That is unfortunately why bad things happen to good people, and there is a lack of justice and perfection in this world. But there is hope beyond the grave, and you can have that hope. Titus 1:2: "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began." That promise is for you. YOU matter to God, and the pain and sorrow you are going through matters to Him, of this you can be sure. Find God through this, rather than reject Him. That is a very lonely place to be.Dawn's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919335112803533156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193607791242107960.post-56896280132616941312014-09-01T17:04:00.064-07:002014-09-01T17:04:00.064-07:00Thanks for that amazing story about God paying att...Thanks for that amazing story about God paying attention to the little people on this little planet in such a vast universe and really becoming the bumper sticker "God is my co-pilot". I have been praying every day for God to cure my cancer and a I hope I can get his attention just like those people. Keep the faith!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com