Save Me!

How good is our God?  There are just no words to describe just how good, but I can tell you that even in the midst of the worst of situations He will not only comfort you, but he will strengthen you and show you things you’ve never seen before.

I have many stories, but the one that has been on my heart the most comes from me praying Jeremiah 17:14 on behalf of my brother.  “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved.  For You are my praise.”  I have said it and proclaimed it over and over again, day after day, but this time was different.  The Lord spoke and said there is no difference…I am the same God that heals and saves.  I can heal people just as easily as I save people.  I thought I finally get it, Jesus died for us, not only to make a way for us—to save us, but he died also for our healing.  He did all this so that I could be His child and I could come before him and ask him to heal just as I asked him to save me.  Then as I was praying again and proclaiming his words in Jeremiah, he spoke…. ‘Rosanne, have you prayed this hard for those that are unsaved as you have for your brother who is sick in body, for those that are not saved are in much worse shape than Eddie.’  With these words my body fell to the ground while tears poured down my face I responded, ‘no, my Lord, I have not and I am so sorry that I have been so selfish in my praying’.  As I prayed I continued to apologize to my Father, but my heart had been opened to something so refreshing to my Spirit.  I saw things in a new light, I saw, finally, with the eyes of Christ, if it was but a glimpse---it changed me forever.  I love my brother and I will continue to proclaim the promises of God’s Word over him, but I know that while he may be sick in body now, he is not sick in Spirit.  There is so many that are sick in body, but there is even more who need salvation.  While we pray, we should come and lay at the feet of Jesus with even more desperation and compassion for those that are lost than we do for those that are sick in body.  Jesus has been so good to my family throughout this entire ordeal, but I pray that he continually reminds us that miracles happen every day when someone bows before our Father and asks ‘Save me, O Lord!’