Monday, October 13, 2014

IF I WERE GOD...































If I were God,
I would have been deeply moved by the prayers of those three children tonight.
If I were God,
I would be absolutely broken alongside that desperate father pleading for the life of his beloved firstborn.
If I were God,
I would so want to help that little brother in his struggle to believe in "the God of his parents" during this suffering and give him the desire of his heart.
If I were God,
I would live to give the soul-sister the longing of her heart to see her sister´s destiny fulfilled with her own eyes.
If I were God,
I would yearn to shower mercy on the mother who has known ¨sorrow upon sorrow.¨

If I were God,
I would love to give each child a reason beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt for their friends to believe in their God.
If I were God,
I would work to keep this one on earth who has earnestly desired to fulfill the prophetic word upon her life to be a ¨mother of nations.¨
If I were God,
I would honor the faith of the leader of this family in his desire to see the God of the New Testament today.
If I were God,
I would entrust this girl with a miracle because she would handle it with reverence & give Me the glory.
If I were God,
I would love to prove to that brother the power of his words, ¨Die, cancer!  Be dried up & stepped on like dust in Jesus´ name!¨
If I were God,
I would see the honest & genuine & full surrender in each of them and bless it.

If I were God,
I would be tired by now of all the people banging on heaven´s door!
If I were God,
I would be intoxicated with the incense of the prayers of the saints on this girl´s behalf.
If I were God,
I would have run out of bottles to store all the tears in.
If I were God,
I would be amazed at the unity & restoration that has been produced through this in Málaga.
If I were God,
I would be ever so proud of the body of Christ in more than 60 nations who have faithfully implored Me.
If I were God,
I would be certainly moved by the love & sacrifice of so many towards just one common family.
If I were God,
I would have noticed those people waking up in the middle of the night to pray, skipping lunch to pray, missing a class to pray, sacrificing untold things to pray.
If I were God,
I would be rewarding the tireless intercession of thousands around the globe.

If I were God,
I would realize how much is at stake.
If I were God,
I would have to relent.
If I were God,
I would have to show up.
If I were God,
I would have to even change my mind if my plans were different.

If I were God....




Photo by:  Indiana UMC

6 comments:

  1. We are praying the same with you. Philippe, Daniel and me.

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  2. Weeping in my bed before Him with you, trusting Him to be the good God He alone is...

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  3. Continuing to cry out with you for a miracle. "My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever." (Ps 73:26 NLT)

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  4. I'm the daughter of Daryl and Beth LaRusso and growing up I always remember seeing your newsletter on the fridge with pictures of Jenna and Dani and eventually Jordan too. I remember as family reading and praying for your family. When my parents come to visit last week they told me about Jenna. I am so saddened for your family and the suffering that you have been and are continuing to go thru. I am praying for all of you! May God bless you and may his face shine upon you and may he give you peace in the midst of great suffering. I will always remember Jenna as the beautiful little girl smiling with her sister on our fridge. I will continue to pray for healing and peace!
    -Laura Piper

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  5. My small group in CA is praying for Jenna and this is the verse that the Lord placed on our hearts for Jenna and your family: I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:10-11

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