Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Distracted again....

Today on the local Christian radio station they played tape of a woman who had called into the station to thank them for playing something that had been encouraging. She spoke with them and shared what was happening in her life, they then played tape of when she called back to report what had happened. She told them how their family had to move quickly and had no place to go, also her husband needed to find a job. Although the family was under major stress, she made it clear that they were trusting God to meet their needs. She called them back later in the day to let them know that they had found an apartment. Their daughter had been about to move and immediately had spoken to the landlord and was able to get them into the apartment. The deposit, which they did not have, could be paid in increments to the landlord. It was amazing how quickly God had provided for the family.

Struggles come along for every family, and those with a faith in God seek to put their trust in Him. Why then do the struggles last so long? Is it because it takes some of us longer to strengthen that faith muscle? There is a story in the bible of a centurion, a Roman soldier, who asked Jesus to heal his servant. When the centurion made his request, he trusted so completely that he let Jesus know that if he just spoke the words the servant would be healed. The man knew that Jesus did not have to go to his house, that a spoken word would do it. Jesus commented on the man's "great faith". Within the hour, the servant was healed.

Unfortunately, through the day I became distracted and only recalled the story this evening, after spending the day struggling with gratefulness. I guess my faith muscle needed some exercise today, and for some reason I have a feeling a few more reps are in my future......

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