Things Too Wonderful

Disappointment is not sin.

Definitely not.  It is hope deferred, which the Bible says ‘Makes the heart sick’ but it is not sin.  Which of us doesn’t get disappointed once in a while?  We live in a fallen mess up world and bad things happen and sometimes God doesn’t answer our prayers in the way we expect (or hope) and we are bound to get disappointed once in a while.   We don’t like to admit it, because, well we just don’t,but sometimes even as Christians we can get disappointed the way life is working out; Continue Reading »

I love the book of Habauk.  It’s only three chapters long, hidden away among the minor prophets, but it contains one of the greatest statements of faith in the whole Bible, and lessons you would pay a fortune for online!

Habakuk was around about the same time as Jeremiah.  Tough time in Israel’s history! It was probably at the end of Josiah’s reign or soon after.  Josiah had found the book of the law in the Temple, and for a while God’s people had turned back to Him and were living according to His instructions… but not for long!  They were back to their old ways: sin, degradation and a total disregard for God (sound familiar?) Continue Reading »

I have to say that as weeks go, this one hasn’t been the best.

• Steve went to another healing meeting, and as he lined up with the others to be prayed for the guy next to him went flying over, hitting him in the temple with his elbow and nearly knocking him unconscious.  Steve had a blinding headache for the next three days! And no, there was no miraculous healing for him.

• We had to cancel our family holiday to the South Coast because of the leaky radiator on Steve’s car.

• In an attempt to make it up to the kids, we decided to drive to the water park in a nearby city (in my car).  The head gasket blew and we spent most of the afternoon sitting at the side of the duel carriageway waiting for the RAC to rescue us. Continue Reading »
  

Last time I blogged I told you about the meeting we went to where my husband, Steve, was picked out of the crowd and prayed for for healing.  We really believed that God had done something amazing in his life.  After all, it wasn’t like he had responded to a general word, he was picked out and told exactly what was wrong.

 I would love more than anything to be able to blog today and say that he is completely healed.  The reality is that he appears no better.  He has had a rough week, spent a lot of time in bed, is in just as much pain and feels just as exhausted.  Do I understand what is going on?  Not a clue.  Last week I really believed that God had done a miracle.  It hurts when hopes hit the ground - especially when they fell from such a height.  Of course we are desperately disappointed.  Who wouldn’t be?  I have spent the week (as it has become increasingly apparent that a miracle hasn’t occurred yet) working through my disappointment at the same time as answering all the excited friends and people who were at the meeting and want to hear the testimony, and instead I have had to explain that he is not healed yet.  By the end of the week I just stopped answering the phone. 

It’s been a tough week. Continue Reading »