Grams Writes

Christians have a way of throwing around smart, catchy phrases that sound really spiritual; i.e., God is so good; All you have to do is trust Him; Whatever is His will that is what I’ll do, and the list could go on and on. I’ll admit some of these, if not all, are sound and biblically based. My problem with them is that most of the time it is just talk; a pat answer to someone’s question who has no clue as to what God really wants or purposes. How many times have you actually watched someone put his or her faith into practice? I observed that just today.

One of my dearest friends has recently gone through a terrible ordeal. Even as I write it is not finalized, but there are some positive signs and the end is drawing near. Yesterday she and I talked and she read a Scripture from Mark where Jesus said if you believe you will receive it, it will be done. She told me that tomorrow, which is today, that she fully expected the Lord to do something unusual, even miraculous. I agreed to pray with her, as have scores of others. She would not be denied. She grabbed on to the altar of our Lord, the God of heaven and earth, and she did not let go. Today, God did something unusual, against all odds, humanly speaking.

This lady’s faith is not show or talk; it is real, the genuine article. To say she has had a profound affect upon my life is an understatement. If nothing else, I have witnessed first hand that God does listen to His children; He will move mountains; He does care that we suffer, and He provides a way where there seems to be none.

This kind of faith is the kind I saw lived out in the lives of the older generation, the generation of my father. Those old pioneer saints took God at His word and acted upon it. We don’t see that kind of faith very much in this present generation. I count it a great honor to know someone who asked God for the impossible and He delivered.

Grams