Half an hour miracles

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                    Half an hour Miracles 

     I try to be very careful not to overwhelm you with my disease, but when God does something wonderful in my life, I have to share it. I hear His voice and His Spirit nudging the depths of my soul to encourage me to write something that might be beneficial to someone.

     This is day number four of my vacation and like any other day, I got up earlier than I would like to. It's typically one or two hours before I have to take my first dose of Parkinson's medications. It's usually very uncomfortable to have to wait until I can take that first dose. Muscle contractions and a tightening of my chest are among other bothersome symptoms I have to deal with before that first dose of medications get to my brain and start doing their magic.

      Today, it started no differently. I got up with a twisting leg and curling toes that seemed to have a life of their own and therefore making my walking uncomfortable but, with no hesitation, I proceeded to my vacation morning ritual. I got in the pool of our vacation rental house and tried to do some water aerobics with the hope of improving or getting rid of my symptoms. In the past, this has been achievable but never in the way it was today; for at least half an hour, I felt symptoms free. My mind was clear and I felt my Parkinson had disappeared for that half hour. I call these moments “half an hour miracles” because there's no medical evidence that I should be feeling this way despite my 24 hour medication which hasn't been very effective the past few months. Even if you're thinking that the medication is the cause of these small miracles, how can you explain that happening even months before I ever started taking that 24 hr. med? Even my doctor said, when I inquired about this, “I have no explanation for it, enjoy it!”.

This is the power of my God showing His grace during my moments of anguish. This is the God of all grace, this the God that loves me with abounding love, unlimitless love, amazing love.

God is a God of miracles and if He can do that for me, He can definitely do that for you if you’re His child for‭ “to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12)

So, why not have a God that can make miracles happen in the blink of an eye? Does he promise that your life will be suffering free? No, but He does promise He will walk with us in our dark valleys (Psalm 23) and every time He makes a miracle for me, it is a reminder that He'll always be there for me. It is a reminder that His love and His grace will never fail. I thank God for these half an hour miracles. They give me strength to continue the path He has designed specifically for me. They refresh my soul when my soul needs it the most. They give me encouragement to continue to work in His Kingdom. With a God like that? What else do I need? He's sufficient! Do I fail? Of course! Do I continue to enjoy the riches of His grace? Absolutely! But, I need to continue to grow in His grace even more. I need to understand when Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:16-17: “Therefore, we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison”.

“Momentary, light affliction”. I like that, but that's not our attitude all the time, is it? But it is an encouragement! Is it not? Isn't it encouraging that, in God’s perspective, trials are light and momentary and that they are producing something good in us?

Enjoy the small miracles God gives you. They might be exactly what you need on your most troublesome days. May God bless you to

day!

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