{"id":6633,"date":"2021-06-07T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/?p=6633"},"modified":"2021-07-17T13:20:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T17:20:23","slug":"the-pool-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/07\/the-pool-man\/","title":{"rendered":"The pool man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How does God do it?! Deal with the dichotomy of life: joy, horror &#8211; order, chaos  &#8211; peace, hopelessness. Side- by-side? It\u2019s everywhere all at once. Mercy. How does He see and manage with each human at the same time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, relaxing and reading my Bible, looking at an incredible view &#8211; I spoke with a man clearly in pain. He saw no beauty, even told me there was too much corruption and change happening to see anything else. Then admitted to back pain from a fall last Friday. <br><br>I listened and asked God silently if I could pray over him.  While he was bending down working, I came closer and asked if he believed in God. He said yes and I told him I was going to pray for him. Immediately I touched his shoulder and said out loud,<em> \u201cJesus I ask you to heal this back and lighten his load and open his eyes to Your beauty around, in Jesus\u2019 name.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stood saying he was Catholic, but had not been to church since his mother died when he was 9.<em> \u201cHe took her.\u201d<\/em>  The wound was deep and old. So I just listened. Then I told him,<em> \u201cGod sees you, He hears you, He loves you.\u201d<\/em> His eyes watered and he said,<em> \u201cNo more, no more.\u201d<\/em> Swishing his hand, he bid me, <em>\u201cGood week,\u201d<\/em> and quickly left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hopelessness can be found anywhere<\/strong>, even on a beautiful island in the Caribbean. Today, I clearly saw that <strong>Jesus is the ONLY answer for true and lasting peace! <\/strong>Inner contentment and tranquility is found in my Hope of who God is and what He has offered me: God\u2019s son, my Savior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bearer of all sin, Reconciler to Father-God, Deliverer from all evil, Healer and Lover of our souls &#8211; <strong>Come Lord Jesus, heal us!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake!-<\/strong><em>Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/0D05C101-0B00-4C37-8818-1F94591B014F.jpeg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6634\"\/><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does God do it?! Deal with the dichotomy of life: joy, horror &#8211; order, chaos &#8211; peace, hopelessness. Side- by-side? It\u2019s everywhere all at once. Mercy. 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