My Turn

We Serve An AWESOME GOD

   It’s so great to be back here blogging.  Most of you know that I just spent almost three weeks in the hospital after emergency back surgery. Thanks to everyone for the prayers, cards, and phone calls.

   It never ceases to amaze me how AWESOME our GOD is and the incredible ways that He works.  It blows my mind sometimes how He takes what we think is a terrible situation and turns it into an incredible testimony of His goodness, grace, and power. 

   After the surgery, I was unable to feel anything from the waist down.  The dr. said that evrything should return to normal, but that he could not say for sure that it would.  I began to feel sorry for myself and began asking the question,”What if it doesn’t come back?”  God quickly spoke to me and said,”Even if it doesn’t, I’m still God.”  That put an end to the questions right then and there! 

   From that point on, my whole attitude changed.  I began praising God for bringing me through the surgery and for me now being pain free.  I would lie in my bed and just sing songs of praise and worship to Him.  I began to feel a peace that is hard to describe.  It just blew my mind Sunday when we were singing “When You Worship Me Alone” and Bro. Danny began to speak.  What he said was like a confirmation of what I had felt days earlier.  When I was lying in that hospital bed praising God all by myself, I felt closer to Him than ever.

   When I moved to the rehab unit I had so many chances to talk about how great my God is.  Every day people would comment on how great I seemed to be doing with my rehab.  I was quick to let them know that my strength came from the Lord.  This led to several wonderful conversations about my faith.

  There was one situation in particular that really touched me.  There was a lady there who was supposed to go home on Wednesday.  I saw her late Tuesday evening and found out that her dr. was not going to release her because she had developed a slight case of pneumonia, and had a couple of small blood clots.  She was very upset and I touched her arm and told her that I would pray for her. I did not see her again until Thursday.  She saw me from down the hallway and came to where I was at.  When she got to me, her eyes were full of tears. She told me that the dr. said that it was as if the pneumonia or clots never happened! She told me that she had not gone to church in about twelve years because of a falling out in her church. She told me that after the events of the last couple of days, that she would be in church on Sunday because God had gotten her attention.

   Only a God as awesome as the one we serve could take seemingly horrible situations and turn them into opportunities to showcase His greatness!

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