11.2-What is the reason that God helps us to live?

11.2

When God has had mercy on us one of the reasons may be so we can tell how the Lord has helped us.

Buddy at workout: “I have had all kinds of health things I have gone through. A heart valve replacement. Bleeding and went bad. Back to more hours of surgery. Later I had a seizure in the night. Woke up in ER. This past September I had hernia surgery. Bleeding wouldn’t stop. They put in some kind of medical weld material. It worked.”

Me: “Did you have a lot of fear during all this?”

Buddy at workout: “Not really. My wife was frightened. I was not so much. For many years I have been reading my Bible on a daily basis.

I have started reading the Psalms daily, then I read other sections.

Lately my Bible has fell open to Job. That guy had a lot of problems.

I love reading the Psalms daily.

I’m not exactly sure why I’m still living.”

Me: “I like your modesty and humility around this. Maybe it is to tell these stories and point people to the Lord and the Psalms for the benefit of your family and friends.”

Mark 5.18,19

Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”