Good Morning Jane and all:
Well, thank the Lord for Chapter 30 of Deut. which tells us of the wonderful grace and long-suffering of our God. It is He who sets before us life and death. I and my household choose LIFE, even Him who declares "I am the resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live".
Betty Malz has written a marvelous book entitled "My Glimpse of Eternity". Her story is incredible. She was legally dead for 28 minutes, approached the gates of pearl, and sang along with the hosts of heaven. Given the choice to return to earth by the Lord to be with her praying father, she decided to return. The scripture above (John 11: 25) had been read to her by a visitor to her room several days earlier. When she returned to her body, these words were wafting through the window and over her bed. She reached up and seized them with her hand. She was miraculously cured from a state of total body failure due to gangrene infection.
Besides giving us a little glimpse of heaven, the book teaches how important our words and prayers are when visiting sick people. We should pronounce to them life, not death. We should not pray with resignation "Oh, Lord, she is so sick, but Thy will be done." (translation: we think that they are too far gone to be healed and will surely die). Instead, we should pronounce the promises of God to them and let the Lord and the sick person take things from there.
Shalom:
Lee |
