February 6
Scripture: Matt 9:36
Source author: Renee Shuping Cassidy
February 16
One Horse, Three Friends He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles. —Job 5:9
It was time to say good-bye. The vet frowned, “I’ll be back at ten to put him down.” Colic is the number one killer of horses, and Cash’s condition was much worse. His twisted gut left no room for hope. Without hope, I went down on my knees crying out to God. My year had been much like Job’s. “He’s my best friend—the only one who loves me, and now you’re taking him too. Please God, no!” I called my friends with the news. Within an hour, Debbie and Patti came to pray and, I thought, say their good-byes. Instead, Debbie pulled out her anointing oil and prayed like I’d never heard. “Where’s your faith?” was her only comment as we applied heating pads, oil, and rubbed his stomach for hours. Finally Debbie stood. “He’s going to live.” Within minutes, Cash lifted his head and pounded the barn door. I let him out and he ran full speed. The vet returned to scratch her head. “This is not possible.”
With the love of friends and a horse, God chose to perform a miracle that night in the same place He did two thousand years ago: a stable.
When God shows His love through a miracle, our lives are never the same. — Renee Shuping Cassidy —