Scripture of the Day:
As he passed by, he [Jesus] saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
All right, reading crew, as I write this post, I am more stupefied than I have ever been about the miraculous ways of God! If you go back three months, you will find a post after I was in the hospital. Then I typed that we presumed God healed the bleeding issues when I was in the hospital...but if you couldn't tell from the tone and words in that post, there was a little bit of doubt on my end. At that point I had to believe God healed me because the alternative (multiple errors on the account of the hospitals) would have driven me absolutely crazy.
We will start with yesterday and then work our way through some "stuffs". Yesterday in the mail I got a letter from one of the hospitals I was at that stated our bill for our stay was entirely covered. 100%. We owe $0. (Note, this is after I applied for assistance.) But still - it almost made me fall down with amazement! The other hospital has reduced our bill into what will be 5 very affordable monthly payments.
Confession: the reason that I knew this was from God was because for the past three months I have been having a mental battle. I often told God I was okay being in the hospital, but did not understand why I need such an expensive lesson when medical bills are something we just cannot afford. He has provided gift after gift in this regard. My grandmother who is almost 80 and still works close to full time offered to help financially. After receiving her check we were able to pay for ALL my outstanding bills at the time (as you know, each doctor, lab, anesthesiologist, etc sends their own). Her generosity brought me to tears. I am so thankful! We have gotten random reimbursements and some bills never arrived.
I will now bring you back to the Scripture verse because it was in my head all last night. Granted, I never thought I was sick because of sin anywhere, but I do believe that I was healed so that I can display to others how God has worked in my life.
I can tell you factually on July 30th I was told I had Crohn's disease. On August 3rd and August 6th I was told there was no sign of it. I bled on and off for four days and the hospitals never found anything because tests were never ready when I was actively bleeding. I believe there were not supposed to find anything, which is what led to our comedy of errors. If a medical reason could have been found, and fixed (hopefully), where would God's glory be in this?
When I look back now, I see God all over this. Although not ideal circumstances, I spent 3 solid days with my husband. We had a date night in my hospital room. We talked. Our priorities changed. We were frustrated, but we were together. He had already had the week scheduled off for vacation and I wasn't watching any children because we were supposed to be on vacation. The vacation looked different, for sure, but we had a couple days of actual relaxation at the end of the week!
During one of the biggest errors in communication from the hospital, we demonstrated Jesus' love to a Fellow after a lack of scheduling a test. She was almost in tears over a goof and my husband said, "We forgive you." I don't think she will ever forget us...and God willing, she won't again make an error in timing (unless that is in His plan, of course!)
And last, but definitely not least, my son told me this past week that he was worried about me when I was in the hospital, but that he is not worried anymore. His comment, and the letter from the hospital have brought me much needed closure. More than that, they have both made me praise the Lord. Almost to the point of tears. Dare I say I am thankful for my bleeding episode in August? I feel like one of my favorite Scripture verses has come to fruition: Romans 5:3-5 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
On that note I will say thank you...and Amen.
As he passed by, he [Jesus] saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
All right, reading crew, as I write this post, I am more stupefied than I have ever been about the miraculous ways of God! If you go back three months, you will find a post after I was in the hospital. Then I typed that we presumed God healed the bleeding issues when I was in the hospital...but if you couldn't tell from the tone and words in that post, there was a little bit of doubt on my end. At that point I had to believe God healed me because the alternative (multiple errors on the account of the hospitals) would have driven me absolutely crazy.
We will start with yesterday and then work our way through some "stuffs". Yesterday in the mail I got a letter from one of the hospitals I was at that stated our bill for our stay was entirely covered. 100%. We owe $0. (Note, this is after I applied for assistance.) But still - it almost made me fall down with amazement! The other hospital has reduced our bill into what will be 5 very affordable monthly payments.
Confession: the reason that I knew this was from God was because for the past three months I have been having a mental battle. I often told God I was okay being in the hospital, but did not understand why I need such an expensive lesson when medical bills are something we just cannot afford. He has provided gift after gift in this regard. My grandmother who is almost 80 and still works close to full time offered to help financially. After receiving her check we were able to pay for ALL my outstanding bills at the time (as you know, each doctor, lab, anesthesiologist, etc sends their own). Her generosity brought me to tears. I am so thankful! We have gotten random reimbursements and some bills never arrived.
I will now bring you back to the Scripture verse because it was in my head all last night. Granted, I never thought I was sick because of sin anywhere, but I do believe that I was healed so that I can display to others how God has worked in my life.
I can tell you factually on July 30th I was told I had Crohn's disease. On August 3rd and August 6th I was told there was no sign of it. I bled on and off for four days and the hospitals never found anything because tests were never ready when I was actively bleeding. I believe there were not supposed to find anything, which is what led to our comedy of errors. If a medical reason could have been found, and fixed (hopefully), where would God's glory be in this?
When I look back now, I see God all over this. Although not ideal circumstances, I spent 3 solid days with my husband. We had a date night in my hospital room. We talked. Our priorities changed. We were frustrated, but we were together. He had already had the week scheduled off for vacation and I wasn't watching any children because we were supposed to be on vacation. The vacation looked different, for sure, but we had a couple days of actual relaxation at the end of the week!
During one of the biggest errors in communication from the hospital, we demonstrated Jesus' love to a Fellow after a lack of scheduling a test. She was almost in tears over a goof and my husband said, "We forgive you." I don't think she will ever forget us...and God willing, she won't again make an error in timing (unless that is in His plan, of course!)
And last, but definitely not least, my son told me this past week that he was worried about me when I was in the hospital, but that he is not worried anymore. His comment, and the letter from the hospital have brought me much needed closure. More than that, they have both made me praise the Lord. Almost to the point of tears. Dare I say I am thankful for my bleeding episode in August? I feel like one of my favorite Scripture verses has come to fruition: Romans 5:3-5 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
On that note I will say thank you...and Amen.
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