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The other day, I came across this quote from In Sickness  and it reminded me of Scott Fleming's reflections regarding his daughter's health, see http://foranna.wordpress.com/, and I posted them as an encouragement:

All of which is to say that the grace of God in Jesus Christ is mysterious. Jesus can heal every disease. Jesus often does heal our diseases. And even when he doesn’t heal them in ways that we envision, as was the case with the death of Lazarus, even when our loved one dies in spite of our prayers, Jesus can heal even through death. Martin Luther said a challenging and helpful thing about the mystery of prayers for healing. ‘When we try to dictate to God the time, place, and manner for him to act, we are testing him…. It’s nothing less than trying to deprive God of his divinity. But we must realize that God is free — not subject to any limitations. He must dictate to us the place, manner and time.

Please take some time today to join me in lifting up Anna Fleming and others whom you know which are facing difficult health issues.  Pray for the tangibleness of Father's healing presence through Word, Spirit, the People of God, and His work through the common grace of the medical profession. Pray that our wills might be submitted to his way and our eyes opened to His works of grace which surround us as we walk through this broken world.