April 14, 2010
“I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God’s law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.” Philippians 3:9-10
I have always felt like one of God’s favorite children. My family has been protected from debilitating diseases and premature death. I’ve been blessed with four incredible children and a wonderful husband. I can’t count the number of times I have had unexpected financial opportunities just when I needed them. (Once I even won a cash prize for the person who could predict the score of a football game when my guess was 1 to 0!) Though I always felt God was protecting me from what I couldn’t handle, deep down I felt that I could handle the easy life He had given me, until four years ago…then came my pregnancy with Jodi, my back problems, and J.P.’s heart problems. Strange as it may seem, all of these have been blessings and lessons to me. When I was scared I was going to lose Jodi before she was born, God said, “I’ve got this.” That was the beginning of learning to trust God with the REALLY important things. When I had disc problems with my back, I couldn’t pick Jodi up, feel my right foot or even run to catch Jodi, I learned to thank God that I could walk and leave my health to Him. (He fixed me up in time for J.P.’s surgery.) J.P.’s heart problems and surgery were the most important lesson yet. It was not humanly possible to be in the ICU with J.P. and at home with our toddler and teens. I was forced to admit to myself that I couldn’t do anything for anyone in my family except pray and rely on God. God sent people to comfort, cheer, babysit, cook, advise, sit with, encourage, pray for, and love our whole family. In Sunday School we call it a “God thing” and it happened a lot (Petey telling J.P. to get a heart cath, care packages with wipes and a blanket, people bringing food….) As soon as a need arose, someone would call or walk in the room that could help. God is an amazing director—sometimes we just have to know we are not controlling anything to see that He is controlling everything! Please pray with me today for Brother Andy, Brother Jerry and all of our church leaders and congregation.
Felicia Dunbar
Ephesians 3:16-19
P.S. Just to clarify—I still think I’m a favorite child—we all are!
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