A tree by a river – How God healed me

My wife and I were about to go and work abroad for a year but five months before I was ill and just didn't seem to be able to get better. We were thinking about calling off the trip when we met up with our church leaders to talk about the trip. During the evening they gave me a verse that that God had them to. It was this:

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. it has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit”

God's Healing

On that night and through the following days God healed me through that verse. It is amazing! I still get a sense of awe in what God did for me. I come back to that image when I feel stuck or lost and it reminds me that whatever the circumstances around, because my roots are in God, I will have the strength to get through the dry seasons.

That healing has given me a knowledge that God is close and not far, a knowledge that God is interested in each person.

Listen

“Who am I that the Lord of all the earth would care to feel my hurt?” Have a listen to this song...Casting Crowns - Who am I?

How about you?

• What is your experience of God?
• What objects, places, poems, Bible verses are important to you?
• What do you turn to when you feel stressed or worried? To God? To a quiet place?