"I promise to be a good girl, God."

I love the promises of God in the bible. I know that the Lord keeps his promises and is not like me to change his mind ten times a day. The words of Psalm 91saturate my whole being with peace:

No evil shall befall you,

Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

For He shall give His angels charge over you,

To keep you in all your ways.

In their hands they shall bear you up,

Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

Thank you, Father, for your loving care!

Photo credit: Drew Bryden Cape Cod Cyclist. Serenity is.2006.http://www.flickr.com.2013

Perfect Healing

A couple of weeks ago, I had a tooth surgically removed in a non-typical way. The dentist looked at it during my follow up visit and said, "Everything is healed beautifully. There is not even a scar left."

        I remembered a visit to the podiatrist. I had fractured my left foot and the physician wanted to make sure it was well. He asked me to walk around without support, looked at my foot, then looked at the x-ray and said, "I don't see even a line, a mark where the foot was broken. It has healed perfectly."

        I thanked the Perfect Healer-Jesus for his amazing gifts.

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The Tooth

I woke up at 2:00 one morning from excruciating pain. My head throbbed in unison with the tooth ache.

        The tooth that was bothering me was a part of a huge bridge covering my whole upper jaw. I had paid thousands of dollars for it only a few years ago. It took a year of extra work to pay the loan off.

        "God, I need help," I feebly started my nightly prayer. It was up to God to rescue me. I had already asked a few dentists and one surgeon. All of them made it clear that the whole bridge needed to be removed and destroyed. Some implants needed to be made....

        "Lord, please lead me to the right dentist that will help me."

        I went to a place called Naper Dental. I told them about my trouble. Doctor Jason Crescenzo examined me and offered to extract the tooth without removing the bridge.

        "Can it be done?" I asked.

        It turned out that Dr. Crescenzo had experience with exactly that type of surgery. But that was not the whole miracle. That dentist had an amazing caring heart. He worked hard for almost eighty minutes to preserve most of the bone so that there would not be a gaping hole on my gums.

        It has been only a couple a days now, yet I already feel healed and happy that God led me to the right person in my time of need. Because my heavenly Father is faithful.