{"id":44513,"date":"2019-10-28T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/differentdream.com\/?p=30742"},"modified":"2019-10-28T07:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T12:00:57","slug":"crying-god-gives-need-not-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/crying-god-gives-need-not-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Crying When God Gives What I Need and Not What I Want"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; meta_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#B4DBC0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||50px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9mZWF0dXJlZF9pbWFnZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7fX0=@&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.3&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;src&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Crying when God gives what I need and not what I want is a regular event in my life. It&#8217;s most recent occurrence happened on Sunday. At church. During the sermon.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I&#8217;d hidden my tears. Until the woman to my left scooted a few inches away, and my husband gave my shoulder a squeeze. He knew what the woman did not. He knew the pastor had said something that touched the tender spot in my heart. The place where I long for the healthy father I never had.<\/p>\n<p>My husband was right.\u00a0Our pastor had described Jesus telling the paralytic that his sins were forgiven. Then, the pastor paused. &#8220;Do you think the paralyzed man thought something like &#8216;Thanks for forgiving my sins, but what I <em>really<\/em> want is to walk again.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tears welled in my eyes. My dad. My mom. My sister. My brother. Me. We had all wanted Dad to walk again, for God to restore what Dad had lost to multiple sclerosis. 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Like when God used my father&#8217;s illness, which I didn&#8217;t want, to reveal the gospel in a way I could understand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30746 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/differentdream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/crying-in-church.jpg\" alt=\"I can frequently be found crying when God gives what I need and not what I want. Like when God used my father's illness, which I didn't want, to reveal the gospel in a way I could understand.\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" \/>\n\nCrying when God gives what I need and not what I want is a regular event in my life. It's most recent occurrence happened on Sunday. At church. During the sermon.\n\nI thought I'd hidden my tears. 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