What did God show you to deepen your faith?

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What did God show you to deepen your faith? Years ago, I was visiting a friend of mine at their church in Brazil, which was at the edge of the Amazon jungle. And one of the ways that they served their community was by going into the Amazon jungle, where there's a tribe that wears no clothes at all. But they spend time with them, bring toys to their kids. And while there, the tribe does put clothes on to help everybody feel comfortable. While visiting this tribe with my friend's church, my friend pulled me aside to introduce me to two volunteers, a mom and daughter, who had this radical testimony. So, she started sharing the story about how church gone really late one night, like midnight. And the pastor was talking about how sometimes the spirit of God will tell you to move, and you just need to obey. So, after church was done, they helped pack everything up. And by the time they leave, it's around 2:00 in the morning. The mom and daughter get in their car and start to drive home. Now, in this part of Brazil, they don't have street lights. And so, it's kind of sketchy when you're driving around in the dark. So, they pull up to the stop sign, and all of a sudden they hear someone open the back door and get in the car behind the mom. The mom feels the pressure of a gun pressed against her head, and the person says, "Drive." Scared, the mom starts driving. The person tells them to pull off into the corner in an alleyway. Person asks the mom, "Are you afraid to die?" and then pulls the trigger. He then turns to the girl in the passenger seat and does the same. 30 minutes later, the mom wakes up covered in blood, but is somehow moving, looks to the daughter, she's not moving. And then hears this voice inside of her saying, "Spirit of God. Spirit of God, move." So, she starts driving. About a minute later, she comes up to this bridge with this car pulled over to the side where two people are fishing. She pulls up behind them. They approach her. Turns out they are two doctors specialized in head trauma. They go to their car, get their kit, start working on the mom and daughter while also driving them to the nearest hospital. They get to the hospital, finish the surgeries, save their life. And then the dad of the family comes, who did not believe in God, gave his life to Christ because he figured, "If my wife and daughter could be saved from a point-blank shot to the head, God has to exist." So, then that mom shows me the scar on the back of her head. And then the daughter shows me the scar on her cheek, where she got shot. I had never seen anything like that. But, there was one story in the Bible it made me think of, where all the disciples saw Jesus after he came back to life, except Thomas. And he said, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my fingers where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe." But then, a week later, they're all together in a house, and even though the doors were locked, Jesus appeared in the room and said to Thomas, "Put your fingers here. See my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe." And yes, it was wild to hear the story from the mom and daughter, to which I learned everyone knew because it was all over the news, but I still didn't really believe it until they showed me the scars. Sometimes God will have us go through something to deepen our faith, but he can also do it by seeing the scars of others. I'd love to know, what did God use to deepen your faith? Let's keep praying for each other today, friends. God bless.