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It’s been a couple of months ago that I had the idea to write this particular blog.\u00a0 Don’t ask why it has taken so long; I suppose this is the time God wanted me to write it-as God seems to be pretty amazing about that whole timing thing ya know… If you know me or have read my blogs, you know that I absolutely LOVE the worship music of Kari Jobe<\/a> I was listening to one of her songs, Healer<\/i>.\u00a0 I have listened to this song 100 times before, but when I listened to it this specific time, it’s simple and known words, I realized that I was seriously missing something.\u00a0 We humans pray for healing, we pray that God will heal, that He will heal our bodies, our land, our minds, our hearts.\u00a0 I think of times that I have so desperately prayed for healing for others, not doubting at all that Christ can do it if He so chooses.\u00a0 It was a little different when I started praying for healing for myself.\u00a0 Joel and I have been trying to have another baby for about 2 years or so now and have been unsuccessful.\u00a0 This has been a struggle, a deep one for me and I feel like my body is broken because I can’t seem to easily do what so many women can so easily.\u00a0 In my work, I see women all the time who are so disappointed when they get pregnant and it hurts me and my heart breaks a little because we so desperately want another child.\u00a0 Infertility issues are common nowadays.\u00a0 I know so many women struggle with it, and each one deals with it in their own way.\u00a0 Some are angry, and don’t think I haven’t been there.\u00a0 But I really have felt like I’m just not whole because this part of life has been difficult.\u00a0 This is not meant to be a pitty party, it’s not.\u00a0 I do know that God has a plan.\u00a0 I do though, want to tell you my journey in infertility and how wholeness and healing started with the simple words of a song. As I listened to this song Healer<\/i> and really thought about the words, I realized the way I looked at healing all my life may have been wrong.\u00a0 Of course God can heal at any moment, He does, He has and He will.\u00a0 I have never doubted that at all.\u00a0 However, the process of healing and the way a person is healed may not always be as expected.\u00a0 In the words of the song, I realized that wholeness is in Christ.\u00a0 It is not if your body or your mind is whole, but understanding that wholeness comes through Christ.\u00a0 I asked myself the question, “Am I OK with Jesus being sufficient enough for me, even if we can’t ever have another biological baby?”\u00a0 AM I OK WITH THAT?Because if I can’t be fulfilled\u00a0 and have enough with Christ, it’s not going to matter if we have another baby.\u00a0 Now, maybe this is elementary for all of you saints and biblical scholars.\u00a0 However, to really understand that and to really be whole and healed and have Jesus as your portion and to actually do it and not just say it is difficult.\u00a0 Initially, I didn’t like my answer to the question.\u00a0 It meant being OK with giving that dream and wish and hope up.\u00a0 It meant being OK without more biological children.\u00a0 That was hard for me to swallow.\u00a0 But, if every, and I mean EVERY area isn’t given to Christ, is wholeness possible?\u00a0 So, I had to make that choice.\u00a0 Do I pray for healing in my body, or do I pray for wholeness in Christ?\u00a0 Am I OK with NOT being healed?\u00a0 Does this happen overnight????\u00a0 Of course not.\u00a0 Giving up something you have held onto so tightly is never easy.\u00a0 But as much as I have to give Simeon to Jesus daily, so do I have to give up each aspect of life to Him as well.\u00a0 I encourage you… WHAT ARE YOU HOLDING ON TO? Is it healing for yourself or someone else?\u00a0 Whatever it is, God can take care of it better than you can.\u00a0 He wants what is best for you, but we have to trust that He knows better that we do.\u00a0 It’s not easy.\u00a0 It’s a journey, but He wants to walk with us, not make us carry it on our own.\u00a0 Her are the words and the song by Kari Jobe.<\/p>\n

“Healer”<\/p>\n

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You hold my very moment You calm my raging seas You walk with me through fire And heal all my disease I trust in You, I trust in You I believe You’re my healer I believe You are all I need I believe And I believe You’re my portion I believe You’re more than enough for me Jesus You’re all I need You hold my very moment You calm my raging seas You walk with me through fire And heal all my disease I trust in You, Lord I trust in You I believe You’re my healer I believe You are all I need Oh, I believe I believe You’re my portion I believe You’re more than enough for me Jesus You’re all I need Nothing is impossible for You Nothing is impossible Nothing is impossible for You You hold my world in Your hands Nothing is impossible for You Nothing is impossible Nothing is impossible for You You hold my world in Your hands I believe You’re my healer I believe You are all I need Oh, yes You are, yes You are And I believe You’re my portion Lord I believe You’re more than enough for me Jesus You’re all I need More than enough for me Jesus You’re all I need You’re my healer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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