Only He Could

Suffering in secret psychiatric silence for several years
No one understood my daughter's tears and fears
I took her to every doctor and specialist around
Nothing I tried would help her finally rebound

Then one day my friend invited me to church
We both went even though I resisted at first
We felt something Wonderful call us to the altar
It was Jesus the Deliverer who drew us there

Weeping I worshipped and asked Him to heal her
I pressed on again when he did not answer
Finally after falling down I asked Him again
And He said, "Great is your faith" and healed her right then

I learned later my daughter was vexed with a devil
No wonder we endured and lived through hell
    But that day Jesus the Healer delivered us from evil and sin
    Only He could allow us to begin again

--bro. tim pickl,  Sunday May 25, 2003 A.D.

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reference:  Matthew 15:21-28

Mt:15:21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Mt:15:22: And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Mt:15:23: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Mt:15:24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mt:15:25: Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Mt:15:26: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Mt:15:27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Mt:15:28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.