God Is Good

Happy Thanksgiving. This week is thanksgiving week. I hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving day.

God is so good and for that I’m thankful. I’m still waiting on God to answer a lingering prayer, but in this waiting time, I feel God’s presence in my life. Each time I stray away from the facts of God’s love for me, He pulls me back with some kind of reminder that He is here and He loves me. I’ll get an encouraging word from a friend. The pastor will speak a message that seems to be talking directly to me. A sense of well-being will come upon me, making me know that God is here, near me.

I am thankful that God always remains faithful. As I go up and down in my feelings, God comes near to me and remains the faithful and true God He is. He never changes. So I’m learning to be more consistent in my reliance upon Him.

My son has a slight tear in his meniscus. He needs surgery and we weren’t sure when that should be. I’m now coming to the conclusion that I pray about it, then wait for God. So my son tore his meniscus at the beginning of October. His knee swells up when he spends too much time walking on it. Well we have an HMO, and had to wait a long time to see the orthopedic doctor. When we finally did, he scheduled an M.R.I. More waiting, and then my son finally got it. After the M.R.I., the orthopedic doctor’s office called and scheduled an appointment with the surgeon at the end of November. I called them and asked if there was any way to move it up, my son is really struggling with the swelling. They called and were able to move it up by two weeks.

So we finally got to see the surgeon, six weeks after my son injured himself. As we sat with the surgeon, I began praying for the Lord to give us the perfect time for my son to get surgery. Well the surgeon was hesitant about doing surgery. The orthopedic doctor had warned us that this surgeon doesn’t rush into surgery and waits. He wanted to wait six more weeks. I kept praying for God’s timing. I sat quietly in the corner, praying.

Suddenly, the surgeon makes a 180 degree turn and says he just so happens to have a cancellation on Monday, a week a way. He advises us to take it with the knowledge we can cancel. Otherwise, it will be another six weeks before he can operate. It was like we were talking to two different doctors. Yes, we’ll take the surgery. I pray a prayer of thanks to God.

So this waiting time has taught me to wait on God. To truly wait on Him. I used to say I did, but often didn’t. But as I wait on God everyday, knowing He loves me, I actually wait on Him for everything. It’s just so much easier to live life like that. I am grateful to God for this waiting time, as it has taught me so much.