Last weekend my husband and I watched a movie called "Facing the Giants." A movie about a family that ,with every move they made and everywhere they turned, they were faced with another "giant." I could very much relate to this movie, as I am sure we all could. To watch how they just kind of stopped in the middle of their "battle" and put everything back into perspective. Then put their priorities in the right order. Once they put God first in everything they did, they began to conquer their battles and their "giants" began to fall down, one by one.
These are the moments when the blessings are so much greater and the outcome is more awesome then we could have ever imagined, that we would go through it again to get the same results.
Every giant we face is put in front of us to shape us. To build character and to even make us more humble.
I would have never dreamed 7 years ago when we were talking about starting our family that we would have three children who would be facing a rare genetic disorder and that we would be buried in books and documents up to our eyeballs trying to figure out what would be our next move. Where do we go from here? I look back on our last 6 years of testing with Anna, taking her to every doctor we could and in some cases even being laughed at, as if we were making all of this up. I didn't pray. I guess I didn't think to pray. I guess for some reason I thought that I was going to do this on my own. Or maybe so many people told me that praying for your self was "selfish" "find someone else to pray for and God will take care of you", is what I was told. I had people tell me that there were so many other people who were worse off then me. I was made to feel guilty for praying for myself.
Not only was I faced with a "Medical Giant" I came face to face with a "mental giant" as well. I had to quit listening to others and go back to what I believed my God was. I believe my God handed me "giant" that He did not intend for me to fight on my own. I believe that He placed a Giant before me to show me how small I am and just how big He is. What I have been handed in my life has nothing to do with me but everything to do with bringing glory to Him. I cannot face this "giant" on my own and I was not expected to. If I did then I would only be trying to bring glory to me.
When David fought his giant ,Goliath, he said, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty" God is bigger than any "giant" put before us. He is bigger than your marriage that is falling apart. He is bigger than your negative checkbook balance and cupboards that are bare. He is bigger than your empty gas tank with only a dollar to fill up. He is bigger than cancer. He is bigger than any illness that you are facing. He is bigger than your foreclosed house. He is bigger than your uncontrollable temper. He is bigger than your negative thoughts. He is bigger than your depression. He is bigger than the hurtful words spoken behind your back. He is bigger than the laughter that brought on tears. He is bigger than all of your fears. He is bigger than that job that you just lost.
Maybe it is time that we look our "giant" whatever it may be, in the eye and say "you come at me with a spear and a sword but I come to you in the name of the Lord"........we were not called to face these "giants"alone..........
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