“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;” Philippians 4:6
In the Lincoln Journal Star on
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 there was an article about Mental Health: The
Invisible Crisis. This was a troubling story about drug abuse, sexual abuse,
paranoia, fear and a real roller-coaster ride for a young lady. She was able to
have children but had them taken away from her and lost her parental rights.
This is considered a crisis of our times.
The part which touched me was the
heading under the photo of this beautiful lady with a horse at her
grandmother’s place. It said, “with treatment and Christian faith, she was able
to fight the issues brought on by mental illness and substance abuse.”
As I walk the Eastridge
neighborhood praying for the people surrounding our church, I pray for people
that might be hurting just as this young person. I pray for Eastridge to be
there for them and that God may nudge them to come to us. I believe the
Christian faith can take away our fear and we can turn over all to Him. This
story is an example of a true story of what faith can do.
Prayer: Dear Father in heaven,
thank you we have Eastridge where we can meet with our church family and we can
pray. Help us to keep our entire neighborhood in mind and so that all may hear
the word of God and be healed. Amen.
Sandra Hilsabeck
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