This seems to be a year of 3's and 7's for me. I picked up my faith journal where I've been writing down prayer needs & requests, as well as answered prayers, needs that were met, and absolute miracles. It's been just about 7 years since I started it. There's never going to be enough time or space here to list them all, but I want to give you an idea of just how much I've witnessed God moving in my life and in those I care about for the past 7 years. I'll try as best I can to keep people's anonymity:
2005 - J's daughter sober for 18 days in a row for the 1st time in years (was into drugs, excessive drinking, was in jail, often homeless, now she's clean, sober, working, has her own place, and is also back in school. Complete miracle on this one!), A. tried for a baby & had 2 miscarriages, hoping to get pregnant (now has 4 children!), T. thought for sure her 2 daughters would never speak to her again after divorcing their father & moving out of state. (since then, totally restored relationships), our kids were being bullied by the next door neighbor's kids - within 30 days, the couple split up & she moved out with her 4 kids, D's mission trip to Guatemala - over 3800 accepted Jesus in just about a 2 week time span!, prayed for C's friend who's 12 year old had cancer - tests returned negative suddenly & gaining his strength back!, My Aunt was fighting cancer, then 1st tests back said she was cancer-free, needed money & a buyer came out of nowhere to purchase our old, unwanted camper,
2006 - prayed for a friend's return to God after husband walked out, returned to church & got baptized!, needed a car & found a $25,000 van for just $13,000 still on the lot, new!, mother needs to move out of a falling apart mobile home (circumstances arranged themselves so she could move to FL and even get paid for the trailer she left behind), a friend's son was in a serious accident that left him with severe brain damage - healed faster than expected and now is just fine, a friend's Dad was dying and never wanted to hear about being "born again" - was saved just before he died through his daughter-in-law!, Relatives I've been trying to find for over 15 years suddenly and accidentally, I was put in touch with them again!, a friend's truck was stolen - found quickly and not a lot of damage to it, still driving it,
2007 - I got bit by a brown recluse spider and it went necrotic instantly - no insurance/no money - prayed and it got better in 3 days by itself, no longer black or even red skin!, a friend lost her husband unexpectedly just 3 days before giving birth to their 8th child! God provided for them with home construction help, money, healing for her and the kids, a healthy birth for #8, and so much more! my migraines & scleroderma miraculously healed,
2008 - spiritual curse broken over a friend through our small group praying over her, my sister's results showed "pre-cancerous cells" then after prayer, re-testing showed negative!, this year our business really grew and we were able to make up for income loss happening at my husband's job, friends separated, but after lots of prayer, they reconciled, he went to counseling, and now 4 years later, their marriage is strong, had a "cash" Christmas,
2009 - I was very disturbed when I was forced to go to work, lots of bad came from that, but in January, the place had to shut down and I was allowed to come home again, cousin told he had thyroid cancer - then it suddenly disappeared!,
2010 - a very sick person at church was thought to have MRSA & a very bad staff infection - healed, no MRSA, church needed to raise $5K for the Africa Hope Center, but raised $18K, my middle child got baptized!, cousin's baby born way too early, lots of life-threatening issues - now years later, she's perfectly normal, son found a job even though under difficult circumstances,
2011 - Pastor's daughter had a life-threatening health issue that almost took her life, but she made a full recovery!, with no jobs available to me or my husband and being 35 miles from the nearest city, God found ways to provide for our needs every month, saw a friend leave a destructive, hurtful, selfish marriage partner & now she's the happiest she's ever been, a friend's son was hit by a car & had 4 broken vertebrae, home & okay quicker than expected, no money for curriculum, and people GAVE me their old stuff as well as found amazing deals so I got $500 worth for under $100, husband found a job!, after almost calling it quits myself, our marriage was healed, restored, and strengthened - best now it's ever been, my sister's mother-in-law has been healed of cancer, had severe vision problems but eyes got better on their own,
2012 - husband got opportunity for free career-changing school, new job, we moved back to our friends & better weather, got a great home to rent from a friend for way less than market value to help us get on our feet again, 2 friends in car accidents, both are okay now, tax refund was enough for moving expenses/moving in expenses, blessed with an unexpected 5 day trip with husband, company-paid, during his training, husband just missed a tornado in TX by about 2 hours!, son got 75% tuition covered for drama class - can work it off, and it's not over yet!!!
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