When The Unexpected Happens So Can Miracles

 

 

Recently our family was hit with some unexpected news this past week. My Uncle Pat, dad's youngest brother has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Though I am not close to him this is still hard for me. Family is important to me. My dad and Uncle Pat were always close.

 

I don't have many memories of Uncle Pat from my growing up, but the one thing that I do remember is when he and Aunt Joem got married. They got married on the family farm. My dad was the best man. I remember sitting with my Grandma at the service. Rev. Wayne Miller married them. The reception was at their house in Baker. It was just something that stuck in my mind.

 

Another memory I have of Uncle Pat is not so much a memory of him, but more of a Summer job I had. I was in college and I got a Summer job working at Wampler-Longacer (now Cargill) in Broadway, VA. I got what I thought was one of the worst jobs ever. I worked in the Evisoration Department. One night as I was working one of the USDA Inspectors stopped to talk to me about how I was doing. He asked me for my name and when he heard Webster (last name) he was surprised. He asked me if I was any relation to Pat Webster who use to be a USDA Inspector there before moving to the Moorefield, WV plant. I told him that Pat was my uncle. The Inspector could not say enough nice things about Uncle Pat.   

 

As the years have passed I have met people who have worked with Uncle Pat in the plant. They could not say enough nice things about him.

 

So even though we are not close I still feel very sad that this is happening. It hurts to know that Uncle Pat may be in the last stages of life. But, then I know God is right there with Uncle Pat as he fights this battle. I have faith that God will heal him.

 

As I lay in bed last night I realized that Uncle Pat needs a miracle. God gives miracles all the time to those that have faith. I don't know what Uncle Pat's faith is, but I know that I have faith enough for the both of us that God will completely heal him.

 

I keep thinking about one of my favorite healing scriptures. I ran across it when a neighbor had an incident and had to have a finger removed.

 

He forgives all our sins
    and heals all our sicknesses.

 He saves us from the grave,
    and he gives us love and compassion.
 He gives us plenty of good things.
    He makes us young again,
    like an eagle that grows new feathers.

-Psalms 103:3-5

 

So if I pray with faith and trust in God's healing I know that good things are bound to happen for Uncle Pat. He is going to get the miracle. It might not be in the time that we as a family want, but it will be in God's time. That is the thing. God's time and our time are so different. We need to be patient and wait for God's time. 

 

So as I write this I ask everyone that can to keep my Uncle Pat and Aunt Joem in prayer. Prayer has made a difference in the lives of so many and I know that it will here too. I just have to keep telling myself that Uncle Pat's miracle will happen on God's terms and that it will be a big one. 

Old Fashioned

This weekend a new movie is coming out called Old Fashioned. From what I have read this is a great movie to go see. It is religious based. I am interested in seeing it. This got me to thinking about love. It got me to think about my views on love.

I have said it many times that I want an old fashioned type of love. I wanted a romance like my grandparents had. I want someone to court me like they use to do. I want someone to take there time to get to know me before we both say that we love each other. Someone that is willing to take their time.

I think that romance the old fashioned way is the best. It means that whoever decides to take a chance on you is willing to take there time to get to know you 100% before they fall in love with you. Above all I want someone to love me that is a Christian.

Some may say that I am crazy, but I say that I know what I want. I am not going to settle for anything less. If you settle then you end up being unhappy. That is not good in a relationship. You need to be happy with your decision.

So I plan to find someone that is a Christian and that will give me an old fashioned love. I am not going to settle for anything less.

Nuts in the Batter: Dealing with Difficult People

Unresolved conflict can definitely increase our feelings of anxiety and tension, which escalate over time. Like scum building up in the corners of the shower, emotional residue can dirty the edges of our peace without our even realizing it. As unsettling as it can be at the moment, it's important to deal with situations as they arise and not carry them around for weeks or even years......

Difficult people are often in our lives for unseen purposes. god's purposes. Perhaps to stretch us, grow us, or sand down our sharp edges by friction.

Remember, even nutty lumps in the batter add flavor.

Never answer a fool on his own foolish terms,
or you will become like him;
Rather, answer a fool on his own foolish terms,
or he will become wise in his own eyes.
~Proverbs 26:4-5

Faith in the Eye of the Storm

Recently a situation came into my life that made me question my faith. This issue made me wonder why God would let me go through something like that. I realized that it was not God that was putting me through this, but instead it was the devil testing me to see if I would break. It brought me back to the story of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness. I was beginning to feel like Jesus. Tempted and tried I knew that I had to have faith that things were going to get better.

So I began to pray. I talked to God like he was right there with me. I told him that I knew that he was already at work in my life and he was at work in the situation at hand. I felt better. I felt like the devil was backing off. I continued to talk to God each day as though he was right there with me.

I felt a peace that only God could give. He made me feel so safe. He made me feel that I did have the faith that it took to give this situation to God and that he would see me through it. My life was going to get better.

I was so excited when I got news that yes indeed my situation was going to get better. That things were going to start looking up. My persistence in prayer had payed off.

I was going through a storm and I had faith that would see me through that storm. I had persistence that kept me going. Kept me believing that God was in control. I believed the whole time that God was going to get me through this storm.

It reminded me of the song I Am Not Alone. That song says that I am not alone and God will go before me never leaving me. God calls me as his own. He is always there for me.

So when you are going through a storm in your life you need to be persistent in prayer. Talk to God and let him know that you believe that he is getting you through the storm that you are going through. He will get you through it. You just have to have faith in him.