8 Jesus Christ is [eternally changeless, always] the same yesterday and today and forever. — Heb. 13:8 (AMP)
6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. — Malachi 3:6
A man with leprosy[a] came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. — Matt. 8:3, Luke 5:13
Does God still heal? When we’ve been praying for something for a long while, sometimes some situations in our lives have us wondering when the God of the Bible will finally decide to show up in our lives. Has God changed?
One of the things I struggle with in my relationship with God is not His ability but His willingness. There is no doubt in my mind that God can do all of the things He says He can do. I know He can heal blindness and sickness and leprosy. I know He can resurrect dead people and restore life to dry bones. My thing is, yes, I know He can do it all and then some, but will He? Will He do it for me? And not only will He, but does He still answer prayer? Can He still hear? Does He still heal?
My question is not, “Can He still do it?” but rather “Does He still do it?”
The following video that has gone viral the other day reminded that He does. This couple had been trying 17 years to get pregnant. After four miscarriages and a stillbirth, they decided to give up. And then this happened. I couldn’t help but cry:
You can only cry like that if you’ve first gone through a lot of pain.
Pastor Debleaire Snell and his wife talk about the similar journey they had on their road to having a child:
These videos are great reminders that God is still in the blessing business. God still heals infertility. And it makes me wonder about the many other things that God still heals. It causes me to think of the things that God still does and is in the process of doing.
I think that one of the most encouraging things to know is not the fact that He can do it but that He still does it. He still works. He still brings people together. He still opens wombs. He still heals marriages. He still hears and answers prayers. He still restores, rebuilds and rectifies. He still has power and reign and dominion. He still heals hearts, souls and bodies. He is still God. He still has the final say.
God still heals.
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Just ask Dewayne Woods. He was healed from HIV and wrote a song about it – “God still heals.”
(The version on the album is so much better because he also shares His testimony. I encourage you to check it out. :))
Simone Samuels 
Exactly my thought everyday. And it just hurts more because I know He has all the power to give me a child whenever He decides to, but will He?
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Dear “Desperately Waiting”,
I come up short for words to say to you. I apologize in advance if it seems like I am fumbling. I am not currently struggling with infertility, and so I don’t purport to have any insight into your struggle. Yet I know what it is and how it feels to long for something for a long time — to desire something that should come so easily and yet seems so elusive. And add to that the knowledge that God can but He won’t? To see patients wade into your office with their own children, to see mothers get pregnant so easily, to perhaps even see the rare parent who doesn’t care for their child as much as you would if you had your own… I have no answers for you, but I’d like to think I’ve caught a glimpse of your suffering.
In such persistently painful times and situations of perceived deprivation, I have to remind myself that God is good and that yes, He still heals. Sometimes the only solace is to see the anguish against the backdrop of the goodness of God, as a way (albeit difficult) to contextualize and rationalize our pain.
I don’t know why God is allowing you and your partner to go through this, and I really wish He wouldn’t. But He is God. And, though hard, we must trust Him. I don’t say this to be trite or pious or overly-religious — I say this as the only way I know how to get through life without going mad and without becoming bitter.
You said that He has all power to give you a child but will He? I sure hope so.
But if not?
In the event that you still constantly find yourself denied, will you still continue to love Him?
This is a tender issue. I hope I haven’t overstepped my boundaries or said anything that has come off as callous or off-putting.
I just want to let you know that you are not alone and though I don’t know you, I feel your pain. You are justified in feeling whatever or however you feel.
I’m praying for you. I pray that you will have your baby. I pray for wisdom as to you next steps — whatever they may be. I pray for God’s peace to envelop your heart. And I pray that you (and I) will trust Him regardless of what happens.
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Thank you dear Simone for your kind words. I do hope that you too would find happiness despite all the pains that you are going through.
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