Traveling through the Middle Ages with my children this year is an exciting adventure but it is also becoming a faith-building one. Because we were learning about Mohammed, we went back to the Bible, our Truth, and found the story of Abraham and Ishmael. Even though Ishmael was a product of Abraham's impatience, God promised to bless him and turn him into a great nation. Today, we see God's promise being fulfilled. God keeps His promises even when we are impatient and untrusting. God keeps His promises even when we stubbornly attempt to do things our own way. It's amazing to see.
Even in my own life, I have seen God keep His promises to me. A little over a year ago, my husband was diagnosed with RA. He was in so much pain for awhile that he couldn't move. We were, thankfully, able to control it with medication continued praying for complete healing. Not long after his diagnoses, a person that I just met, handed me a handwritten note. I did not keep the paper, but the message stuck in my heart. I can't even remember exactly what it said but he had written that God had heard my prayers and he had answered them. I struggled with this for a few days. I wanted to believe this message but the human doubts crowded in, "I don't even know this guy. Maybe it's about something else. What if I believe this, and then my husband is not healed?" These doubts and questions swirled around in my head mixing with guilt for feeling the way that I did. Why couldn't things be simpler? Why after all the things I have seen God do, would I doubt?
I finally thanked God for his promise and continued to pray for my husband. I decided to quietly believe and wait to see what God would do.
One year later, my husband went off his medication to see what would happen and to readjust his medication. He had no RA symptoms and his blood tests showed no evidence of RA. Some people will say that in rare circumstances this happens but I say, God healed my husband. He kept His promise to me despite my nagging doubts and questions. My God is a good, loving, compassionate, loyal, amazing God. I am humbled and so thankful that he has blessed us with this miracle.
