God is BIG

I just got done chatting with a friend, which lives in Portland, about his cousin – Luke - who, proclaimed by the doctors, might never walk again. I sat there and read (we were on FB messenger) about his cousin’s condition, his personal journey through this, how his uncle is doing and the faith that is being built up in his family. We basically ended the conversation talking about how good God is in every situation, even when we don’t deserve it. And, to remind you, this is coming from my friend, the cousin of Luke. Once we finished up our conversation I sat at my desk, yes at work unfortunately, frozen and consumed by God. Honestly, I still am.

God is beyond good, beyond what we can imagine. This friend of mine told me that his family has had the chance to minister to other families while in the hospital. God is big, and I mean BIG in this situation. You can just tell. (This all might sound…not so put together, but I’m writing as it flows from my heart – just bare with me.) This friend of mine began to tell me how his faith is being built. He is basically growing deeper with God, seeing a different perspective of God, and being amazed at how good God truly is. I’m amazed how God takes a situation into His hands, if we let Him, and is so faithful through the whole thing, regardless if we deserve it or not. God just amazes me!

On, to my next thought. As I’ve began to listen to updates of Luke and the family I personally have been walking in a place that can “feel” a bit difficult. I remember so clearly one day at work I was talking with God about what a bad day I was having when I remembered my friend and his cousin. Talk about open mouth, insert foot. It really put things into perspective for me. I’m complaining about people being rude, yet, I get to hear about how good God is from my friend in his situation. It leads me to this thought, what do I really have to complain about? My life is blessed. Amazingly blessed. Yet, I so easily look pass all those things and concentrate on circumstances that are ever so small. On top of all that, I let it ruin my whole day to the point that I become too focused on myself I’m not showing God to anyone…because of one, stupid, minute circumstance. To bring this to a close I quickly realized how good God is, how patient, kind, loving, faithful, powerful He is (of course the list could go on). God is BIG, why not think BIG!

Because I know that prayer works I’m going to add to this a list of things you can pray for Luke for. Please do so. Even though God is big, this situation still requires prayer and lots of it.

Luke –

• Complete healing in his lungs – so he can breathe on his own.
• Complete healing in his back – so he can walk again.
• Inner healing (sorry don’t know too many details)
• Pain to subside
• Family, both immediate and extended – specifically Luke’s mom.
• His mind, will, and emotions. Through this God can be his shield.