Praise the Lord! My teeth/mouth has stopped hurting for a while. I had been in chronic pain in my mouth for about 4 or 5 days. I finally prayed and promised that I would write the praise in here, if He would take the pain away.
I don't have insurance nor do I have the money to see a dentist. So, prayer was the logical option. Besides, I think it was only my wisdom teeth on the move again.
I have a strange story to tell about the power of prayer. The incident happened when I was about 18. Later, when I got into studying Wicca and got involved in the occult, I tried to rationalize that my mind had done the work and took the credit away from Him.
I was living in a foster home and had wonderful foster parents. One day a new kid, a 16 year old girl came to live with us. After she had settled in, she confided in me. She was afraid and maybe even a little ashamed. But, she was too scared to tell anyone that she had started to miscarry and she was in pain and she was hemmoraging. She was too afraid to ask to be taken in to see a doctor and scared about the amount of blood she was losing.
My reaction was to pray. I don't remember how long I prayed, but, I remember telling God that if he would stop her bleeding, I would take her pain.
The next morning, I woke up in severe pain. The cramping probably seemed more intense because I had never had cramps before. S's bleeding had stopped. I spent the next couple of days suffering and trying not to show it.
The Lord had done exactly what I had asked. Ever since that time, I have been too afraid to make similiar deals with the Lord. I think that I would probably offer to take the pain in exchange for healing for my son. But, I'm not sure that I would do it for anyone else.
Sometimes I forget to focus on God. I forget that it has been the times that I have surrendered to His will, that I have received the most.
I have wanted to move out of Las Vegas for a long time. I had thought that I would love to move back to upstate New York or to live at this certain place in Oregon. I miss the changing of the seasons so much. But, the Lord quite clearly informed me that I was not to take my son where he would be out of contact with his father. So, I have to stay.
I may be foolish about many things. But, I am not foolish enough to disobey a direct order from the Lord.
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