Comments on: Reflections http://joestallard.com/reflections/ Notes from the journey of a ransomed life. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dora Lee Stallard http://joestallard.com/reflections/#comment-19 Dora Lee Stallard Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:52:57 +0000 http://joestallard.com/?p=25#comment-19 A long time has passed since "Reflections" was posted, but I have had time to reflect on this whole experience. I would like to share what I have learned and how I have grown from this. As christians we constantly remind ourselves that no matter what trials we go through that our God is always with us and will never forsake us. Do we truly believe that with our hearts? Do we receive it? The difficulty for me at first was that I was trying to handle everything on my own. I prayed, but didn't hear what God was telling me. I didn't want Joe to think he was a burden. He wasn't! I was the burden to myself! It was when I decided to let God control the situation and listen to him that everything changed. I finally got it! It was about surrendering to God and allowing his grace to cover us! When I brought Joe home from the rehab center I parked him in his wheelchair in the middle of the room and told him that it was time to come to Jesus. This time when I prayed I knew with my heart and spirit that God was in control and we received the healing power of Jesus over him and claimed Jesus to be the only healer. The difference this time is that I really believed it. I had to accept that God loves me the same way he loves all of his children! God used this experience to make me a stronger person and bring me closer to him. A long time has passed since “Reflections” was posted, but I have had time to reflect on this whole experience. I would like to share what I have learned and how I have grown from this. As christians we constantly remind ourselves that no matter what trials we go through that our God is always with us and will never forsake us. Do we truly believe that with our hearts? Do we receive it? The difficulty for me at first was that I was trying to handle everything on my own. I prayed, but didn’t hear what God was telling me. I didn’t want Joe to think he was a burden. He wasn’t! I was the burden to myself! It was when I decided to let God control the situation and listen to him that everything changed. I finally got it! It was about surrendering to God and allowing his grace to cover us!

When I brought Joe home from the rehab center I parked him in his wheelchair in the middle of the room and told him that it was time to come to Jesus. This time when I prayed I knew with my heart and spirit that God was in control and we received the healing power of Jesus over him and claimed Jesus to be the only healer. The difference this time is that I really believed it. I had to accept that God loves me the same way he loves all of his children! God used this experience to make me a stronger person and bring me closer to him.

]]> By: Joe http://joestallard.com/reflections/#comment-18 Joe Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:15:22 +0000 http://joestallard.com/?p=25#comment-18 Wilson, thank you for your kind words and praise God for His miracle of healing in your life! We look forward to our paths crossing. As we both know, our God answers prayers and it's just a question of His timing. May God Bless you and Anita in your ministry and know that you both are in our prayers. Wilson, thank you for your kind words and praise God for His miracle of healing in your life!

We look forward to our paths crossing. As we both know, our God answers prayers and it’s just a question of His timing.

May God Bless you and Anita in your ministry and know that you both are in our prayers.

]]> By: Wilson Fauber http://joestallard.com/reflections/#comment-17 Wilson Fauber Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:35:47 +0000 http://joestallard.com/?p=25#comment-17 Hello Joe, I had the privilege to speak at length with Dora Lee this evening and what a blessing she is! I thank God for His saving grace and for the healing that our Lord Jesus has provided for you....as He also did for me. Seven years ago my doctors at Johns Hopkins Bay View Medical Center in Baltimore, Md. said I would not live. I had given up hope as well....but then JESUS had other plans for me. I am a miracle and now I lay hands on the sick and see them recover....some instantly! What an awesome God we serve! I am looking forward to reading more on your site and getting to know both of you. I pray He will permit our paths to cross in person some day soon. I can tell He is using both of you in such an awesome way. Anita and I are seeking Him daily and strive to walk in His will. It is such a wonderful life to walk with Him and have a personal relationship with Him. I pray He will open huge doors for you both as you continue to walk in the ministry He has called you to walk in. Blessings to you both and thank you for your prayers for us. He does all things well and He is worthy of all of our praise and adoration! Bro. Wilson Hello Joe, I had the privilege to speak at length with Dora Lee this evening and what a blessing she is! I thank God for His saving grace and for the healing that our Lord Jesus has provided for you….as He also did for me.

Seven years ago my doctors at Johns Hopkins Bay View Medical Center in Baltimore, Md. said I would not live. I had given up hope as well….but then JESUS had other plans for me. I am a miracle and now I lay hands on the sick and see them recover….some instantly! What an awesome God we serve! I am looking forward to reading more on your site and getting to know both of you.

I pray He will permit our paths to cross in person some day soon. I can tell He is using both of you in such an awesome way. Anita and I are seeking Him daily and strive to walk in His will. It is such a wonderful life to walk with Him and have a personal relationship with Him. I pray He will open huge doors for you both as you continue to walk in the ministry He has called you to walk in. Blessings to you both and thank you for your prayers for us. He does all things well and He is worthy of all of our praise and adoration! Bro. Wilson

]]> By: Jim http://joestallard.com/reflections/#comment-16 Jim Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:36:56 +0000 http://joestallard.com/?p=25#comment-16 Joe, I've discovered that He really is there, inches away, only unseen. He really hears, and answers. I've been calling him hard lately, and am struggling to see through this dark night. He's here, but there is also "someone else in the room." And to be honest, it's hard to detect him until you're in his grip. Not sure where I'm going to end up, I'll email you. Need some input... Joe,

I’ve discovered that He really is there, inches away, only unseen. He really hears, and answers. I’ve been calling him hard lately, and am struggling to see through this dark night. He’s here, but there is also “someone else in the room.” And to be honest, it’s hard to detect him until you’re in his grip. Not sure where I’m going to end up, I’ll email you. Need some input…

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