I had an amazing
experience this week of the power of good news to lift your spirits and give
you victory over pain and despair. I was lying on the settee at home around
midday on Tuesday when the phone rang. My plan had been to try and get to our doctor’s
surgery, or maybe even A & E at the local hospital due to the pain that I
was in. The phone call, however, was
from our son who lives away from us, to say that he and his wife had just welcomed our
new grand-daughter into the world!
You can imagine our
joy and enthusiasm for this wonderful gift.
We knew, of course, that a baby was coming, but not its gender nor the
actual day, but just a tad early the little girl was born and mother and baby are doing
well. This good news surged through me
like an injection! I did telephone the doctor for advice on the phone about
pain control doses etc but my whole condition perked up at the news I heard.
I am still physically
unwell and in pain, but the power of good news and the birth of a baby overcame
it temporarily at least. And this is the heart of the gospel – the good news of
God! His Son was born for our salvation
and healing and the great news of his coming should be spread everywhere. Each
place it comes and is received by faith, the good news will do its rejuvenating
work. “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”
