Amazed!

Our last sermon series at church, Vale Community Church(sermon on-line), was entitled ‘Amazed’.  Personally, this sermon was about me.  God can do miraculous wonders in so many ways that sometimes we don’t realize he is doing miracles right in front of us and for us.

A touchy subject for me to discuss with others is the fact that I have always had bad acne, hair on my face, and enormous amount of scars.  Thankfully, I do not feel this has hurt my self-esteem just maybe a little self conscious. So I started seeing a Plastic Surgeon and esthetician in February in the hopes that I could at least get rid of the hair.  My wonderful husband, who has never been bothered by any of this and has loved me unconditionally, told me to do whatever it is I needed to do to get it done.  So, many zaps from a laser and ‘poof’, all the hair is gone. 

Through the process, my doctor was anticipating getting a laser that would remove acne scars.  They told me that they would be getting a trial run of it and asked me if I wanted it done and they would not charge me.  Are you kidding me?  You bet your bippee I was going to do it.

 The day of the procedure I was very nervous.  The doctor decided he would do the deepest level of laser and said I would need 14 days to heal.  Okay, no prob.  Oh my goodness, day three of healing was absolutely the worst day in the whole world.  I cried, worried and nearly thought I was going to lose my whole face!  Yup, don’t watch shows about flesh eating bacteria when your face looks like it has gone through a meat grinder!

That 3rd night, Jim sat me down and prayed with me.  I was crying so much that I know the Holy Spirit interceded.  Here is why!  Within 24 hours, My face was 80% better, 48 hours I was going outside and by 62 hours I was back at work.  So instead of the 14 days it was 6 days.  The doctor was amazed.  But this is even more amazing-Jim says I look 24 years old and I have had so many compliments on my skin that I can’t believe.

 So here are the miracles:

1.  The gift of something I could never afford.

2.  Healing in such a quick amount of time.

3.  God giving the knowledge for doctors to be able to do this.

4.  Seeing God work in such an amazing way.

5.  Being able to have the ability to even share such a personal thing.

Isaiah 58:8 (New International Version)

New International Version(NIV)

 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
       and your healing will quickly appear;
       then your righteousness will go before you,
       and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Pepsi is better than Coke!

So which is better?  Pepsi or Coke?  I would say Pepsi, my husband would say Coke.  “Who cares” is probably what you may be saying to yourself.  But the reality is that we will always have something we will disagree on and this is okay.  It is pretty easy to just let this one go cause you know you can’t change someones taste buds. 

I was on the phone with my father tonight and we were discussing some family things.  He and I did not see eye to eye on a certain issue.  I found myself frustrated but said to myself-my point to be right is not as important as my love for him.  I said, ”Dad, can we agree to disagree about this?”  He agreed and this saved both of us frustration, anger and disappointment. 

I am so thankful that God can give us such a quick way out of a touchy situation.  God will always take care of the little details while we keep our actions in line with how Christ would want us to handle it.  In the long run, the right action is more important than the disagreement itself.