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On Being Well

10/12/2013

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I have been studying in the Life Application Study Bible, slowly reading through the new testament. I have been in 2 Corinthians for a while.. I think I will stay in 2 Corinthians 12 for a while, where Paul talks about his weakness and his illness. 


The study notes from the Life Application Study Bible for 2 Corinthians 12:8 are as follows:"God, according to his sovereign plan, doesn’t heal some believers of their physical ailments. We don’t know why some are spared and others aren’t. God chooses according to his divine purposes. Our task is to pray, to believe, and to trust. Paul is living proof that holy living and courageous faith do not ensure instant physical healing. When we pray for healing, we must trust our bodies to God’s care. We must recognize that nothing separates us from his love (Romans 8:35–39) and that our spiritual condition is always more important than our physical condition."



I do not know why, with so many people praying for my healing, God choses to let me stay this way for now. I do know that I will remain faithful and enjoy His presence to a greater degree as I am slowed down to appreciate each moment more. I am very grateful and very humbled by what God is doing in my life and in the lives around me.. I am in awe of what He has planned for my future, and I am trusting that He is allowing all things for His Glory and purposes.

I always can say that I am well.. It is well with my soul...  it is well in my emotions.. and it is well in my body.. even when it doesn't work right.. because I have my Heavenly Father who lets me in on His plan for some believers in 2 Corinthians 12:8 - 10: 8: (the apostle Paul is speaking) "Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions,m in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."


Tyndale (2012-02-17). Life Application Study Bible NIV (Kindle Locations 81048-81057). Tyndale House Bibles. Kindle Edition. 
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