God
to the Rescue
There are many
stories I would love to tell about the way God brought Grant into my life. The only one I
am going to tell just now, though, is a good one to show how God views things.
We had been
married for some time, and I was still very ill. I was at a church homegroup and we
were praying together about various things. One of the ladies in the group didn't
really like to say "God said", ever, or talk about seeing pictures God
gives, or any of that 'strange' stuff (!!) To her dismay, God gave her a mental
image of me, exhausted and near drowning point, swimming in deep water. God threw me a
life-preserving ring, and it was Grant!
There was a rope
from heaven attached and we were being pulled toward the distant shore. She didn't quite
know what to make of this 'vision', until a dear old lady in the group started praying
something very similar! She thought then that she better tell us about it!
I am so glad she
did. It was really encouraging at the time, and has continued to give me a boost ever
since, whenever I remember it.
Very recently God
gave me a mental image of myself that I think is connected. I was now on the beach,
as if I had been washed up on the shore after a shipwreck. I was completely
water-logged. This made me laugh because that is exactly how I feel physically, due
to fluid retention associated with the ME. He showed me trying to move but having no
success, then, finally, struggling desperately to my feet and staggering off down the
beach (away from Jesus, who I couldn't see, but sensed was there, just beside me).
With this, He gave
me the expression, 'trying to walk before you can crawl'. It really helped me see
that I had been struggling to get to my feet, so to speak - thinking I had to get well and
get on with life as quickly as possible. Since suddenly being (almost) completely
well in January, then relapsing, I was subconsciously feeling responsible for my own
healing again. If I persisted with this attitude, I would risk heading off in the wrong
direction. I knew that it was wiser to take the time I needed to recover properly,
and to stay close to Jesus. Sometimes I wonder just where I would have ended up if God
hadn't come into my life and started to guide me with His perfect love and wisdom...
A little aside to
the Grant story..
Have you ever seen
this:
GRACE = God's Riches at Christ's Expense?
Well God gave me one when I was agonising over whether it was the right thing to
marry Grant:
GRANT = God's Riches and No Trouble.
He even gave me a proverb from the Bible to go with it: Proverbs 10:22
"The
blessing of the Lord brings wealth,
and He adds no trouble to it."
I have remembered
this many a time when fear threatens to overshadow me... but that's part of another story.
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