{"id":2156,"date":"2023-11-01T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2024-07-07T21:53:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T02:53:25","slug":"discover-the-game-changing-closer-that-can-solve-your-greatest-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/discover-the-game-changing-closer-that-can-solve-your-greatest-worry\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the game-changing closer that can solve your biggest worry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shut down your biggest worry with a great closer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer in baseball history\/Wikipedia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Only one reliever works when there is no answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mankind\u2019s biggest <\/strong>worry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Three times in five years, my wife Judy got bad news about health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the worst MRI I\u2019ve seen all year,\u201d said the doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much for bedside manners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou need surgery,\u201d the doctor muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut, doc, what about . . .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe needs surgery,\u201d he muttered again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In shock, we went for breakfast and attempted to calm down at the prospect of major back surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bad news worry\/Photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

That was early November 2014.  Right before Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judy was writhing in pain unable to stand or walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had multiple surgeries from April 2015 through March 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first surgery wasn\u2019t a failure.  It was a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, it wasn\u2019t enough due to the early conservative approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was overwhelmed about Judy’s need for more surgery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I turned to the only closer I know who shuts down our biggest worries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lifesaving prescription<\/strong> for ultimate healing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Bible says divine intervention is possible by approaching God with thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give thanks?!  For what?  Pain?  Fear? Uncertainty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving thanks in the middle of a calamity makes no sense unless you believe in God<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t, you’re on your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, if you do, look closely at this remarkable promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me; and to him who orders his <\/em>way aright <\/em>I shall show the salvation of God.”<\/strong> Psalm 50:23<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I’d like to see salvation in my impossible crisis wouldn’t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I practiced thanksgiving prayer all through Judy’s surgeries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over and over I thanked God for his healing presence and believed Judy would recover to full health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Pray as you are comfortable praying. Pray prayers of gratitude. Pray prayers of petition. Pray formal prayers. Pray in your own words. Pray walking. Pray kneeling. Do what suits you, or what you think suits God.”<\/strong> Julia Cameron, Seeking Wisdom: A Spiritual Path to Creative Connection<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Right channel, right path\/Robert Rutoed\/Photography Life<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I believe that thanking God is an act of trusting Him and enables one to find guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Pray and let God worry.”<\/strong> Martin Luther<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He knows the best direction out of your hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often, it looks like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How relief <\/strong>arrives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In a physical crisis, God speaks . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n