In today's continuation of this important series on Christ My Healer, Christ My Health, LaDonna shares some of the unique ways God used her to bring hope to other hurting families in the UNM Hospital's Trauma ICU Unit while Craig lay in an almost two month coma. Up and down the corridor of this major trauma unit were family after family who's lives were turned upside down as their loved ones were gravely injured and near death in their own seasons of suffering. LaDonna took her unique opportunity seriously to be a light with the gospel to these hurting families, as well as the medical staff tasked with Craig's ongoing intensive care. Even after release from that ICU unit, and even to this day, the Smiths have been given many wonderful opportunities to share the hope of the gospel to many they never would have had opportunity to meet if it wasn't for their own trauma experience. Truly the gospel has rung out over the years to those who were living in the shadow of death with their own family members and the medical experts serving them in their hour of need. The Smiths also address how their embracing of the authority of the Scriptures helped settle difficult questions and battles in the mind as they simply believed and acted on the truths of God's Word. Challenges such as the fear that the injuries would one day cut Craig's life short were answered by the timeless truths of the Bible and the Smiths also began to address the issue of why does God allow suffering in those He's called to serve? To the secular mind, it can easily reject God when faced with unanswerable questions like, "If the Smiths were out doing God's work, why did God allow the accident to happen to them? They were just trying to be faithful to their calling and they almost lost their lives doing so!" But you'll have to wait until next week's episode to get the full answer to that crucial question. That means we'll see you next week for the next episode of Christ My Healer, Christ My Health!

In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue to share about the Divine Health that was being manifested in Craig's very broken body in the accident that neither he nor LaDonna should have survived. Craig shares from Exodus 14:14 the truth that God will fight our battles for us when we are physically, emotionally, and mentally unable to do so. He also shares how the issue of his identity and significance was deeply impacted by the inward working of the Spirit of God as Craig soon realized he would be unable to do the things he did for the Lord in his over forty years of ministry, which amounted in a significant way to his identity and significance before the accident. What now? For some, when you lose your ability to do the things that amounted to your identity and significance before, it can be debilitating and devastating. But Craig found that the Divine Health he embrace brought a much deeper work of God that allowed him to find his identity and significance to be placed in Christ alone, instead of what he did for Christ. And that provided him the ability to let go of his past efforts, and revel in the joy and sufficiency of knowing Christ Jesus his Lord, as Paul found out and reported it to the Philippians in chapter 3 of this powerful epistle. And in one of the most consequential things God did for the Smiths was to help them understand that while He allowed their circumstances to change, their orders to serve did not. Instead of reaching out to the Cree tribe in Canada, they began serving among the Medical Tribe in the various hospitals, rehab centers, and medical facilities they have visited over the past fifteen plus years since the accident. The call of God to be spiritual rescuers continues to guide the Smiths even to this day!

As today's edition of Indigenous Faith begins, Craig Smith answers the all-important question of how does a person transfer their focus from Christ My Healer, to Christ My Health when the Lord chooses not to give us the divine healing we are asking Him for? His answer may be surprising to you, dear friend! And as Craig notes, it was God's Holy Word that once again, in it's unique authoritative way, that provided the answers he was seeking to all the questions and issues he had to settle regarding why this tragedy met him and why his life was changed dramatically in only four short seconds at the Miracle at Mile Marker 313. Profound truths were given to Craig by an elder mentor in his life, Rev. Tom Claus, as he read two verses in the book of Psalms that contains the answer to the ultimate unanswerable questions one faces when tragedy and trauma hit hard. Hearing, embracing, and accepting the supernatural truths contained in these two verses made all the difference in Craig's life that helped him begin living in Divine Health even in his very broken body. Craig also makes much about an important doctrinal truth about Divine Healing as being an integral part of the Atonement, accomplished for us on Calvary's cross when Christ died for our sins. He also bore our sicknesses and diseases on that same cross and as Isaiah noted, and by His wounds, we are healed. Healing is in that complete work of the cross. But Craig contends that the Atonement is not just found in the cross, it's also embedded in the empty tomb as well. The resurrection of Christ and in particular, the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, Paul said to the Romans, provides for this other item, Christ's Divine Health, as that same Spirit gives life to our mortal bodies. Divine Healing is in the work of the cross, Divine Health is found in the work of the Resurrection...life to our mortal bodies. It is an amazing thing to ponder, dear friend, all that Christ accomplished for us when He went to the cross, died, was buried, then three days later rose from the dead and is alive forever more! And included in all that He did in those three amazing days, includes His divine healing and His divine health! Wow, what a powerful work He accomplished. And yes, as Jesus Himself said, It is finished! Hallelujah!