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Trust “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” John 9:35
I never understood how people could be angry with God. How could people question a God who is so powerful, all-knowing, generous, and so kind? What was there to be angry about? These were the questions I asked myself prior to June of 2019. Until that point, I had assumed that people who could be angry at God obviously had a lack of faith because they clearly didn't trust Him and His plan. Maybe my ignorance was due to the fact that my plan and God's plan for my life had always been in alignment. My whole life, I had known God as a Father ... He had always come through for me, and I couldn't think of a time where I had really been mad at Him. With that said, I had also never had a situation with high enough stakes that, if He didn't come through, I would have been devastated. That is, until June of 2019. It was a Thursday afternoon, and I ducked out of work early to go to the doctor. I had found out I was pregnant the week before, and I had a pretty good idea of what the bleeding and cramping I was experiencing could mean – but I was holding onto every ounce of hope that I could. God would come through for me, wouldn’t He? There was no way that He would let me have a miscarriage, right? As I sat in the waiting room to have an ultrasound the next day, I felt compelled to open my Bible app. The first thing I saw was the verse of the day, Philippians 4:6: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." I thought, "OK, if that's not a sign that everything's going to be okay, I don't know what is!" I prayed that God would protect this baby, and felt at peace. During the ultrasound, I found it odd that they wouldn't turn the screen on for me to see anything. Every ultrasound I had with my first baby, the screen had been on so that I could see his little feet kicking around. I asked them to turn it on, and they declined. When I was finished, the ultrasound tech told me that she didn't see any sign of pregnancy. I told her that was impossible because I had 27
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