Daily Devotional – 11/8/13 “Let me tell you …”

When I say that waiting on God will pay off, it’s because I know. See, my sister has been dealing with this thing called Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) and it’s often called the suicide disease because the pain can make you want to do just that and for months I’ve had to watch her suffer. Now, this is my twin sister, the other part of me and the one that God saw fit to attach me too so for her to suffer means I suffer but I promised her I wouldn’t stop until I found someone to help her. So, I made appointment after appointment, sent emails, had others sending emails and making phone calls, cursed out doctors, sat in emergency rooms for hours and most of all I prayed. I prayed for her healing knowing that God would eventually send it so I waited, we waited. We waited and we prayed. Well, a few weeks ago a young lady from John Hopkins, in Maryland, called and scheduled an appointment for 11/21/13 but this didn’t feel (to me) like God’s answer so again we waited. Oh but then on last week, a lady called and when I answered she said, I got your email about your sister and I think we can help. I said I’ve heard that before being that we’ve been to numerous neurologists here with no answer. She said well Dr. Mericle can help her because he is the best in the country when it comes to treating TN but we’re in Nashville. I told her, ma’am I don’t care where you are because I will get her there. She said, we happen to have a cancellation for next Thursday (which was yesterday) at 2pm, can you get her here. I said, ma’am if you needed her there today, I would get her there. Needless to say, we get to the doctor’s office in Nashville and from the time we signed in, filled out paperwork and waited, I could feel God moving. See, first off his name is Robert (my granddaddy’s first name) and secondly his last name is Mericle (close enough to Miracle to me) and then from his assistant, to the nurse practitioner to the doctor everyone understood exactly what she’s been dealing with. Whew Lord! I wanted to shout in that man’s office but shouting isn’t one of the gifts God blessed me with so I praise Him through my words. However, I know that this has been what she has been waiting on and I know for a fact that it’s nothing but God. For my bible tells me in Isaiah 40:31, “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Then 2 Corinthians 4:8 says, “We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.” But wait because then Habakkuk 3:17-18 says, “Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!”

Oh, that’s enough because I may be struggling in my finances, yet I shall not be without. I may be drinking tears for water yet my weeping won’t last. I may be heartbroken at the moment yet my God is a heart fixer. I may have a few storms in my life yet God covers me. I may lose a few friends and loved ones yet God never leaves. I may get burdened down in my trials yet God is my strength. I may not always see my way yet God is my light. I may sometimes do wrong yet God forgives me. I may not always know my worth yet God continues to bless me. I may not always do what I know I should or go where I know I am supposed to yet God still uses me. Yea, I may fall at times yet I can still get up. Yea, so called friends may have dug a dusty grave for me yet I shake off the dirt and rise. Yea, sickness may be attacking my body yet I’m living. Yea, my road may be longer and my fights may be harder yet I’m willing. Oh, I feel my help on this morning! God is working on your behalf so just wait!