I am still praying for my youngest daughter to be completely healed. She is a beautiful, talented young woman who is normally cheerful, but she has a physical condition which causes her to suffer clinical depression. I praise God that she has felt great for the last few months, but her medications began making her quite ill so she quit taking them until she is given a new prescription. Consequently, she has really crashed this week.
There is no question in my mind that the Lord God can heal her, but she sometimes struggles with her faith. As I was praying this morning, I was reminded of the fresh water spring that we drew water from during my childhood. The water was always cold and refreshing; and it tasted far better than any other water I was accustomed to drinking.
For those of you raised in the city you might find this repulsive, but we always had to push frogs out of the way before dipping our bucket in the spring. We never bothered to boil the water or anything before drinking though. Good spring water is healthy and pure even if critters went swimming in it. (If this grosses you out, I won’t remind you that the pioneers and settlers used to drink straight out of the rivers-yuck).
The problem with my daughter is that she has frogs in her water. The Lord Jesus taught that He (His word) is living water, and whosoever drinketh of the water that I (Jesus) shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 4:14)
My daughter knows this in her heart, but she tends to rely on her friends to meet her emotional needs instead of the Lord. And when they let her down, as they did this week, she has difficulty handling it. That, coupled with a lack of her medication, has caused her to plummet into the depths of despair. She needs this living water more than ever, but she is so consumed with her problems that she can’t see the forest through the trees, or in this case the water through the frogs.
I’ve explained to my troubled teen that other people can easily hinder us from partaking of this living water if we are not careful. They don’t always mean to do so, but if we are focused on them instead of the Lord, we don’t always realize how parched we have become.
Perhaps you, dear reader, are in need of spiritual refreshing but a friend or loved one is hindering you. The Lord entreats us, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (John 7:37). Gently push the frogs out of your way if need be, but why not let them stay in the spring. Remember, they need the cool refreshing water too. They won’t contaminate the water, but the water might just purify them.
Thank you to those who are praying for her. Life is very difficult for today’s teens.
I have two FB friends who have daughters with serious problems right now. It is an awful feeling to be unable to control what is happening to your child… it doesn’t matter what age they are. I hope things get better for your daughter and you are able to breathe easy soon. I pray God will lift your daughter up and heal her with his loving hands.
Yours in faith,
Donna
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Thank you Donna,
You have such a beautiful spirit and I appreciate you.
And thank you so much for your prayers.
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I agree, teens today have a very difficult time. It’s also hard being the parent of a teen as well. It’s hard to be neutral when it comes to our kids; I guess those are the parent’s frogs.
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You are so right Leslie. Being the parent of a teen in today’s world is very hard and at times heartbreaking.
I wish we could spare our sweet darlings all the pain and suffering, but then they wouldn’t learn to grow in Yeshua I guess. We are so blessed that Yeshua is always there to help us all, parents and teens, through all of life’s trials.
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She is healed in the name of Yeshua. My heart goes out to you and your beautiful daughter.
Love ya,
Deni
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