Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion Psalm 103:1-4
I’ve been healed!
I have Multiple Sclerosis. I’ve had it for since 2001. I have almost no signs or symptoms that others can see. But this isn’t what was healed, but it was the catalyst.
At least you’ve got your health
I don’t. People always say things like “At least I’ve got my health” when bad things happen, but truthfully my state of healthiness is always a moving target. It can be fine one day and hard the next. For years I had a friend who was frustrated by the fact that I didn’t really want to pray for healing of my MS. I wasn’t really motivated to pray that it be removed from my body. This was a foreign concept for her. She had known people who had miraculous healings, and wanted that for me too.
A thorn in my flesh
I have always been sure of my salvation, but having a personal relationship, where I turned to Him for strength, mercy and guidance really became a reality for me because of my MS. St. Paul’s mystery affliction reminds me of how I feel about my MS.
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Cor. 12:17
I am boastful
I know that all of my weaknesses turn me directly to my Lord in all things. It is only through Him that I’m able to have a strong marriage to a wonderful Christian man, have wonderful Christ centered children, and be able to call on my God whenever I need to. I will boast in Christ. The things He has done for me when I knew I couldn’t are miraculous and wonderful. I’m grateful to have a weakness that shows me my Lord every day.
Do you have a thorn in your flesh? Is your weakness drawing you closer to God?
God is... 
Tara
October 4, 2011 at 3:12 pm
I love that these come to my inbox now! And, I also love that God gave you the exact scripture that He put on my heart today at MITI but was I too tongue-tied to get it out straight! I love that He gave it to you (the 2 Cor. verses) in full, so that I could receive it in full (as if that were the only reason, right — but, seriously, I love when God repeats himself, b/c I usually pay greater attention). Blessings on your day! 🙂
Jill Richard Internet Marketing
October 4, 2011 at 3:42 pm
I was just talking about you the other day and what a gift you are to my Spiritual life. I love it too, when the Lord repeats himself. He knows I was only half listening the first two times!