Thursday, February 17, 2011

Faith as small as a mustard seed

While doing my bible study, I came across one of the scriptures someone dear to me shared when I was first diagnosed.  "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20  Although, I wasn't certain at that time how strong my faith was, that scripture lifted me up and led me to find out just how strong my faith actually was.  It helped me to put it all in God's most capable hands and was a moving forward point for me.  The first couple of days after being diagnosed I was mad and scared and didn't know how to turn to God other than to beg through prayer for healing.  I didn't know where in the bible to search for answers and for comfort.  God knew that and used many wonderful friends to help me with this, simply by sharing scriptures on facebook, on cards, on emails in phone calls, in books.  I'm sure people were just trying to give comfort, and they did, but more than that, they helped me learn to use God's word, while at the same time learning just how many loved ones I truly have in this world.  What's most amazing about it to me is that of all the many, many different friends who shared scriptures with me, no two people sent me the same scripture.  God is great :)