A while back I was feeling miserable. I was wheezing and coughing AGAIN! I was sitting at home feeling sorry for myself because, well I'm tired of getting sick so often and I tend to do that when my asthma is exacerbated. I was even a little angry at the Lord. I tend to do that too when my lungs are failing me. I was talking to the Him and letting Him know how upset I was, because 3 years after having had Covid I'm still not healed completely. I was reminding Him of how tired I was of being sick and how many times I've asked for total healing and how many people have prayed over me! As if He didn't already know!
"LORD, PLEASE!! HEAL ME ALREADY! I HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED TWICE FOR ACUTE HYPOXIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE! THE LAST TIME JUST FOUR MONTHS AGO AND NOW I'M SICK AGAIN! I DON'T WANT TO END UP BACK IN THERE!! PLEEESE! HEAL. MY. LUNGS! I WANT TO SING AGAIN! DO YOU EVEN HEAR ME, LORD?"
My doorbell rings!
Friends at that very moment the Lord sent me a messenger! He sent me a messenger in form of the cutest little angel I have ever seen! This little angel walked in my house with his brother's, smiled so big when he saw me, came right to me, gave me a hug and said "Ace I'm sorry you are feeling sick". I couldn't help but smile back. I immediately began to feel less miserable. But friends that was not it! With a little coaching from his mother he remembered there was a new song he had learned and he wanted to sing it to me. This little angel began to sing with a heart full of joy! These are the words he sang to me.
"So come on, my soul
Oh, don't you get shy on me
Lift up your song
'Cause you've got a lion inside of those lungs
Get up and praise the Lord!"
Did you get the message Friends?
... "YOU'VE GOT A LION INSIDE OF THOSE LUNGS. GET UP AND PRAISE THE LORD!"
I love music and singing. That's how the Lord speaks to me often, through song. Well I got the message loud and clear! I don't need to sit around feeling sorry for myself because I think healing isn't coming. I need to lift up my song and praise the Lord! He placed a lion inside of my lungs!! He has already healed me! I am healed! I am just waiting to reap the reward!
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, He hears us. 1 John 5:14
I read the following in an article recently and I want to share it with you.
"God answers prayers in one of three ways; He says yes and you receive what you ask for. He says no and you have to accept it and move on. Or He says not yet and you learn to be patient and wait".
Friends, He already has the answer to your prayers too. Maybe not the way you wanted them answered, but they are answered in His way and in His time! In the waiting just lift up your song and praise the Lord!
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6
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