I have a need to tell this. My short story is a great example of how God listens, love us, and takes care of us. Early this morning, around 1 am or so, I woke up to extremely bad stomach pains. The kind that cause chills to go up and down your body. The cramps were very, very painful and couldn’t find a comfortable position. I earnestly began to pray that God would take these pains away.
I got up to use the bathroom, in hopes that perhaps that would ease the pain. But it didn’t. I was still praying as I stumbled back to bed, knowing that Damaris would be waking soon and that if I was still in the same condition, I didn’t think I’d be able to sit up and nurse her. Esp. since she has to lie on my stomach.
I laid down on the bed again, wrapped myself in the sheets, closed my eyes….and the next thing I new, she was waking up. But when I looked at the clock, I was shocked to see that 2 hours had passed! God had answered my prayer and not only helped me get back to sleep, but He also took away those stomach pains. I felt a twinge of them a little bit, but nothing like it was. God is so good, isn’t He?!
He cared that my stomach was hurting badly. He cared that I was very tired and needed to sleep. He cared that I needed to be able to nurse and take care of my children. I told Him this morning that I would publish what He did for me. Even if it’s a small number of people, people need to know that HE CARES! He loves you and He does an even better job at taking care of His children, than we do of taking care of ourselves.
1 Peter 5:7