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He read Mark 9 about the boy who is possessed and his father seeks Jesus' help. The father asks Jesus if he can help. And Jesus replies, "if you can? everything is possible for him who believes" and the father replies, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief" That part really stood out to me. So often my faith is so shallow I have trouble believing. I need Jesus to help my unbelief. I think this is something that I am going to have to pray everyday. "Lord, help my unbelief cause you can do anything"<br />Guess I haven't really been trusting in God lately. I do that a lot. I take everything on myself and don't ask for help or don't believe that it is there.<br />I applied for a job on Friday and came home pretty discouraged and didn't think that I would even get an interview. There I go selling God short again. I've also been really stressed about money and not trusting that he will provide. I stress about our house, the baby, work and pretty much everything else there is. I need that deep, childlike faith... Anyway, that is my deep thought of the month.<br />I am thankful that I am finally starting to feel better. I had a really good week and only threw up once. We had a Dr.'s appointment on Thursday and everything is going smoothly and I am really and truly thankful for that. (so is Zach)<br />I'm slowly packing little things and the house is kinda getting decluttered a bit.<br />Hopefully I keep feeling good and will have the energy to pack and clean.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div> </p> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Dana @ <a href="http://dsperkins.blogspot.com/2006/02/help-my-unbelief.html" title="permanent link">5:08 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/21303677/114039854640553423" onclick="window.open('https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/21303677/114039854640553423', 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false;">1 comments</a> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1319206206"><a style="border:none;" href="https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=21303677&postID=114039854640553423&from=pencil" title="Edit Post"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" height="18" width="18"></a></span> </p> </div>   <div id="comments"> <a name="comments"></a> <h4>1 Comments:</h4> <dl id="comments-block"> <dt class="comment-data" id="c114040469329358315"><a name="c114040469329358315"></a> At <a href="#c114040469329358315" title="comment permalink">7:04 PM</a>, <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="https://resources.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/05961404068810164515" rel="nofollow">Janelle</a> said... </dt> <dd class="comment-body"> <p>thinking of you sweetie...i'm really glad that you are getting better. <BR/>i know all about "unbelief", but if I've learned anything this last year & a half, it's that God is ALWAYS there, He NEVER lets you down, He KNOWS exactly what is ahead, and He will prepare us for it accordingly. There is nothing that He cannot handle, or give us the strength to handle. He is holding you very close, and I will pray that you can feel that.<BR/>I KNOW that you are a strong woman, I've seen it...and I love ya for it. There's alot going on right now, but you will be ok - I believe it!! 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