This is only one of the many times that the Lord has come to my rescue and
touched my body. Sometimes I have been healed instantly, and at other times
God has given me the witness that I was healed, but my strength returned
gradually and it was several days before I could be about as usual.
However, the healing came. God was doing the work in his own way, and he
always has a purpose and reason for any method he may use. Let us not
question the method he uses, but trust him.
Since coming to the Old People's Home I have not been privileged to go out
much to help in meetings. This has been partly due to the fact that Mother
has needed much care and also to the fact that my strength has not been
equal to the exertion. But I have had the privilege of helping in other
ways. Very often the old people in the home need prayer for their healing
or help and encouragement in their souls. Besides, I have had the privilege
of giving help and encouragement to some of the workers in The Trumpet
office, and also to others living nearby. I am very thankful for these
opportunities.
The Lord has also been helping me to trust him for means to support his
cause in the Missionary field and other places. Although I can not give
much, yet I appreciate the privilege of giving the little. At first I felt
led to purpose forty cents a month. The Lord provided this sum every time.
For a year I kept up this purpose and never once had to borrow. The Lord
also provided means for me to help his cause in other directions. The next
year I felt led to ask God to help me trust him for fifty cents a month for
missionary work. I never failed to have my money ready at the proper time.
The third year I felt like trusting the Lord for seventy-five cents a
month, paying this amount in advance. One consideration that made me reach
the decision to pay in advance was that if God should call me before the
month was out I should not be in debt. I have never been disappointed.
Sometimes the Lord gives me happy surprises in this as well as in other
things. If we give God a chance, he will develop our faith to trust him for
means as well as for other things, if we are not able to work and earn the
money, and have a desire to help his cause. During the present year in
which I am writing, I am trusting the Lord for a dollar a month for foreign
missionary work, and early in the spring the Lord gave me enough to pay my
purpose for the whole year. He made it clear to me that I should use the
money for that purpose.
The Lord has helped me also to trust him for my clothing and other needs,
and for the needs of my mother. He is such a present help. A number of
times I have asked him for money in the morning, and before the sun went
down I had all that I asked for. "According to your faith," says the Word,
"so be it unto thee." "The desire of the righteous shall be granted."
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