"Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isaiah 28:10
"Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isaiah 28:10
This healing was a watershed.
I had been experiencing severe pains in my legs for a couple of weeks, so bad that I would awake in the middle of the night. I knew it was fear, but had not been successful in relying on God to destroy my belief in it. I had been studying a great deal, and then finally one night I just leaned back and longed for the intimacy of communion with our Father.
The ideas that came were lovely and a little surprising. I realized that I still felt left out of good, at work, in family, and in life in general. If you had asked me if I experienced good, I would have said Yes. But this was deeper. At the same time I realized that God didn’t ‘carve me out’ and make me separate from Him. That was a good start. But I realized I needed something more. I needed to FEEL (to be aware of) God’s love and peace for me so that I knew that I was as worthy as others -- not more than, but equal to others. I fell into a deep sleep and when I awoke the pain was gone and has not since returned.
It was a watershed healing because of HOW I felt the presence of God as immediate and all-absorbing, and I knew I could count on it when I asked for it. I have remembered this when I have had other challenges, and been similarly rewarded. It reminds me of Hymn 136 by Violet Hay. Its words are so comforting: “And I will give thee peace.”