Therapy, miracles, and pudding

I guess this is where you have to say the proof is in the pudding.  Biblical counseling, at its core is not really about the method or even the wisdom of the words in the Bible.  At its core, it is about the Source of the words...the power and authority from whom they come.

I say the proof is in the pudding because therapy is all about results, whether it's self-enlightenment, finding your inner child, revisiting failures in previous life stages or shaping behavior.  This is where Nouthetic counseling runs circles around all other secular methods.  Using scripture puts us in intimate contact with the power of the One who spoke the words...who spoke the universe and everything in it into existence, who took on flesh and spoke audibly on this earth for thirty years.

My daughter is unable to speak, she has a neurological disorder called Apraxia.  She was evaluated today and placed in the lower 1 percent for her age in expressive communication.  This was actually a blessing because we are now able to get therapy once a week for free, which helped immensly and in itself is an answer to prayer (thank you again to those who prayed for us today).  I understand her situation is not a counseling situation, but it is a testimony to the power of praying friends, family and church.  It is also a testimony to the strength God provides to two parents when, in weakness, fall upon His word and promises and submit themselves to say "not our will, but yours be done."

Tonight Amelia quadrupled her vocabulary.  She said 6 words we have never heard before and three new vowel sounds.  I also overheard her mimicking the lady on her therapy DVD.  These are all things that she needed to happen and that we, and others, have been praying for.  This, if you understand Apraxia at all, is a miracle!  She should not have been able to do those things, especially not all at once. 

I have witnessed a coma patient wake up at the exact day and time prayed for in ICU, I have seen OCD overcome immediately through reading Scripture and prayer, and I have now seen a beautiful little girl who is not supposed to speak without years of therapy open her mouth and do just that.  Gods power crosses all boundaries whether mental, emotional, physical or spiritual, and is powerful to divide between soul and spirit, joints and marrow.  It places us directly in the way of the most powerful force in the universe, and if we will humble ourselves before Him, it will do its work upon us.  God says that His word will not return to Him void, but will accomplish its purpose!  I have seen that this is true.