God hears our prayers

Right now I feel like I just want to do everything for God. This week I was so blessed and encouraged even more so. First of all the DEstino leadership retreat was such an amazing blessing last week and that encouraged me so much.....

I had an MRI this Friday and I was feeling kind of down because I got phone call from my sister telling some not so happy things about my family. To top it all off I had to get an MRI for my leg that has been causing me an immense amount of pain. While I was getting the MRI(it took 2 hours) i found my mind beginning to wander and I found myself doubting God. However, I immediately caught myself and I was reminded that the enemy strikes when you are most vulnerable and I feel that my state of mind caused me to be vulnerable to the devil. I began to pray and tell God that He is my refuge and I chose to rely on His strength. I never want to fall away from Him because I have seen His work in my life. I cried out to Him (yea i cried a little while getting an MRI, but I prayed in my head) and I remember thinking that God loves me and he does hear me even when it seems like He isn't there He really truly is right by me =).

Once the MRI was done, I got ready to leave, but before i could leave the MRI tech began asking me questions about my leg. I began telling him that I've had desmoid tumors since i was in 9th grade and the doctors pretty much said that they can't do anything about it. He asked me if i was worried about it and i replied that i dont have time to worry about. AFter this short convo he proceeded to tell me that "no matter what happens i just wanted to let you know that..." and then I heard the words that I desperately needed to hear "...God loves you..." As he said this his eyes began to fill with tears and he said that he didn't even know why he was crying. He told me that he had a relationship with God and that God love me, no matter what and that God will be there for me! This, of course, caused me to burst into tears as I proceeded to tell him that I too have a relationship with God. I told him that while I was getting the MRI I began to wonder "God where are you...do You even hear me, i know You hear me...You said in your word that you love..." and I prayed and cried out to God. I believe that god used this man to encourage me, to tell me that YES he does hear me and that he does love me. God works in mysterious ways and I do know that he did not cause this ailment and he did not cause the bad things to happen to my family. What I do know is that God is loving, faithful, graceful, forgiving, etc... Those words that came out of that man's mouth has encouraged me so.

Just as a side note this man said that he normally does not tell people that God loves them or else he probably would get fired lol. He just felt that God was telling him to tell me that. He also reminded me of that wonderful verse in revelations that states that there will be a day with no more tears and no more pain and when that day comes we will be in heaven and we will see each other and smile =D.