We started off the evening with sharing. We spoke about bringing up our children and preparing them for adulthood. We heard some interesting testimonies regarding this. We agreed that it is important to include our children in everything with regards to our journey. This includes prayer, important decisions which should be made as a family, work, etc etc. Our children should feel that they are part of "the calling" and should also have a responsibility towards that.
We broke for a time of fellowship and dinner and returned for the discussion on faith versus doctors. We also touched on medical aids and insurance. We shared our experiences with each other. Some of us had definitely experienced supernatural healing whilst others acknowledged that they would not be alive but for medical intervention. We as human beings like to be self sufficient with back up plans, medical aid, insurance etc. It makes us feel "safe". This is an illusion though because we are not in control and never will be. At the end of the day we are in our maker's hands and He is the one in whom we should be trusting.
We have all felt our faith "fail" at some time or another in life and here we run to doctors but it is not really important. God will use whatever He chooses to use to heal us even if it is a doctor. He took Rita to Malaysia so that doctor's there could heal her shoulders. He will meet us where we are at and provide whatever we need when we need it, be it through divine healing or medical intervention. It is all part of our journey. He uses all these things to teach us to trust in Him and to take us through whatever trial comes our way. Each time we come out of another trial, we at some stage will acknowledge that our faith in Him as our source, provider, our all in all has once again grown a bit more.
Isaiah 43: 1-3 Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, your are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not cover your head. When you walk through the fire your will not be burned, the flames will not set you alight. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour.
hi there you guys, I read this and it really means a lot to me, being this far away from you and not having the money for a medical aid right now. so who knows what God is planning for us.
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