Hi Vicki,
Thais is also great, and something we should be thankful for.  And we do
have to affirm, no matter what afflictions we are going throug, that God
heals today.
Vinny

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Subject: Re: Purpose driven life devotional


> I like this Rhonda.
>
> Vicki
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:48 AM
> Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] Purpose driven life devotional
>
>
> > "But She's Okay Now!"
> > by John Fischer
> >
> > Instant healing, that's what my friend said I performed. Of course he
was
> > just kidding, but that's what it seemed like to him.
> >
> > We were talking on the phone and I realized I hadn't told him that a
> > co-worker of mine, someone he knew casually, had been undergoing a
9-month
> > bout with
> > cancer. Ironically, however, I had also just heard days before that
after
> > numerous chemo treatments, she had been proclaimed clear of cancer. (All
> > visible
> > signs of the cancer that had infiltrated several areas of her body,
> > including her bone marrow, were completely gone.) I hadn't really
figured
> > out how to
> > talk about this to someone who wasn't aware of her ordeal at all, so it
> came
> > out rather oddly.
> >
> > Something like: "I don't think I ever told you that Sheryl has been
> fighting
> > cancer for some time now."
> >
> > "Oh, no. I'm so sorry to hear that."
> >
> > I could sense his emotions starting to wrap around this reality, so as
to
> > not have him to go too far with unnecessary sympathies, I quickly
> > interjected,
> > But she's okay now!" There was a pause.
> >
> > "Wow, that was the quickest healing I've ever heard of," he said
laughing.
> > "John," he went on, "you just healed someone right in front of me!"
> >
> > We enjoyed a good laugh over this, but later I got to thinking, there's
> > something to learn here. In a way, you could say my friend got the God's
> eye
> > view
> > of Sheryl's suffering.
> >
> > Sheryl's view was quite different. She got the day to day assault on her
> > body with anti-cancer treatment and all it's resulting consequences, and
> she
> > got
> > the day to day uncertainty as to whether any of this was going to do any
> > good. Now this, too, was God's view, because through the Holy Spirit, He
> > goes
> > through every step of our pain with us. The Holy Spirit even prays for
us
> in
> > groans we cannot even utter (Romans 8:26)! But God also has this other
> view:
> > "But she's okay now!" He knew that all along.
> >
> > From God's point of view our struggles are over that fast. He knows what
> He'
> > s doing. He knows why things happen, even if we never do. He has His
> > purposes,
> > and that's what faith is all about: believing this when we're stuck in
the
> > long haul. All along the way God knows the outcome.
> >
> > And I suppose there is a way you could say this was true for all of us
who
> > put our trust in God for whatever we are going through, and whatever the
> > outcome,
> > including even death itself. God sees it completed. His healing is
> instant.
> > His comment is always going to be the same.
> >
> > "But she's okay now!"
> >
> > John Fischer is the Senior Writer for Purpose Driven Life Daily
> Devotionals.
> > He resides in Southern California with his wife, Marti and son,
Chandler.
> > They
> > also have two adult children, Christopher and Anne. John is a published
> > author and popular speaker.
> >
> >
> >
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