Day 61 - August 15 - End of Day
Well, another day goes by. Not much to post tonight, since my earlier post wasn't until dinner time.
Connor was worshiping tonight and singing along with a song called "Run to You". He wanted me to hear the lyrics, particularly the chorus:
"Give us strength to follow when the road gets narrow, we will run, Lord, we will run.
Give us perseverance, let us not grow weary, we will run, Lord, we will run."
Sounds like a pretty good prayer to me. Good night.
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dear friends in the faith--just a note to let you know we pray for you at ALL times of the day (and night)...I just got done rereading your post(s) of day 60 and what you said about atrophied faith. As a medical person, that one word (atrophy) put a picture on faith (or lack of it) that said a 1,000 words and really made me think. I hope you all had a good night's sleep and that you are as encouraged by others as we are by you all.
We will be praying that Connor will be able to maintain his O2 saturation with the lower levels and pressures he needs to be able to move closer to home. My post yesterday was to have stated (Connor's 2nd cousin). Sorry. I have never met Connor (hope to soon) but he is on my heart several times a day. We love you guys and will continue our walk of faith along side of you.
Ronnie - Texas
Thank you again for letting us be on this journey with you. I know many would run and hide, and not share their journey as well as you all have. You are an amazing, precious family.
HURRAY for good news! After this long journey and just wanting to get home like Dorothy, to finally hear you are almost there. God is good and He has done amazing things with both your family and with Connor's body. baby step's, but still moving forward. We will pray for his levels, and still read the post/blog at least four times a day to see what is new.
Yes, another weekend has hit, and we will all think of you and hang onto our families as you spend another weekend together. We are all greatful for hospitals, but my dear's......"there is no place like home!, no place like home!"
We hope to see all yoru smiling faces in Morgan HIll again someday, but till then know we love you and lift you to Heaven each day. The GREAT Physician is doing His healing. Maybe not at our speed, but His speed indeed.
May you find comfort and laughter today, with God, Family, and friends!
Myers Family
Morgan Hill
Good Morning Family, I went to the Harvest Crusade last night, it was awesome! This is a devotion by Greg Laurie it was taken out of a book he wrote last year called, Why God? It is very long but still a very good read I pray you enjoy it as much as I did.
God Bless, Praying In Downey
The Rest of the Story
In the final chapter of the book of Job, God restored to His righteous servant everything and doubled it. He had passed the test, leaving an unforgettable example for us in the pages of Scripture. Though he could never replace the children he had lost, God gave him more, allowing him to enjoy his children and his grandchildren.
Could it be that the hardships you find yourself facing today are preparing you something just over the horizon—a ministry and a life beyond your imagination right now? I'll tell you this: God doesn't waste anything. Not one sorrow. Not one sigh. Not one tear.
Dr. Warren Wiersbe quotes a professor of history who said, "If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. But no one would have remembered him either."
Wiersbe concluded, "If you want to be memorable sometimes you have to be miserable."
You might say, "Honestly, I don't see how I could handle one-tenth of the things Job faced. In fact, I can't handle suffering at all."
Don't worry. God knows what you can manage. He knows what you can take. And He will parcel it out accordingly. You just need to trust Him.
God will give you what you need when you need it. Not before, never after, but just when it is needed. Until then, we must simply trust Him.
Corrie ten Boom, the well-known author of The Hiding Place, was placed in a Nazi concentration camp, along with her sister and her father. They were committed Christians and their "crime" had been hiding Jewish people in their home, trying to protect them from Nazi genocide against all Jews in Hitler's Reich.
Both Corrie's father and sister died, and Corrie herself went through deep suffering during that time. But she survived, and spent the rest of her life traveling around the world as a self-described "tramp for the Lord," declaring that there was no pit so deep that God was not deeper still.
When Corrie was a little girl, she was reading a story about martyrs for the Christian faith, and was trying to process what these saints of God had endured for the sake of Christ.
She said to her father, "Daddy, I am afraid that I will never be strong enough to be a martyr for Jesus Christ."
"Tell me," said that wise father, "when you take a train trip to Amsterdam, when do I give you the money for the ticket? Three weeks before?"
"No, Daddy," she replied. "You give me the money for the ticket just before we get on the train."
"That's right," he replied. "And so it is with God's strength. Our Father in heaven knows when you will need the strength to be a martyr for Jesus Christ. He will supply all you need just in time."
As it turned out, God never required Corrie to die as a martyr. Even so, Corrie suffered much in her life, and God always gave her the strength she needed...just as her father had told her.
Here's something that hit me pretty hard as I studied Job's life. We need to hold everything God has given us loosely. Everything you have has come to you as a gift from God.
Job found that out, and had to declare before God and man, "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Maybe you drive your new SUV through the car wash and admire the way it sparkles and gleams after you wipe it down. Don't forget, that was given to you from God.
Or you pull into the driveway of your home. Don't take it for granted! God has graced you and privileged you to live there.
You get up in the morning and feel like a million bucks, or finish a game of tennis and grab a nice long shower...don't forget. Your health and strength are a gift from God.
You say, "I'm very careful to eat only organic stuff and I have a regular exercise routine." Good for you. But remember, God gave you your health.
God has given you your life. God has given you your wife. He has given you your husband. He has blessed you with children. He has given you everything.
Hold it loosely. He may leave it in your hands for years; then again, he might take it tomorrow. That's up to Him to decide. But it all belongs to Him, and we praise Him every day for what He has given us.
The truth is, everybody suffers. Calamity comes into every life—the righteous and the unrighteous, the godly and the ungodly. The good news is that the Lord can use suffering in the lives of His sons and daughters...to strengthen us spiritually...to make us more Christ-like...to use us to minister to and comfort others...and to prepare us for future tasks that are completely off our personal charts.
What comfort we have in Christ! What an indescribable hope! He is worthy of our complete trust and confidence, no matter what we might be enduring at the moment.
Sometimes, God can use sickness, tragedy, hardship, or difficulty to get our attention. The psalmist said, "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word...It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees" (Psalm 119:67 NKJV).
Are you in a "hot place" right now? Do you find yourself in the fires of difficulty or crisis? You got bad news from the doctor. You were let go from your job. Your "significant other" dumped you. Maybe something else has happened that has rocked your world, and you don't know what to do.
You need to say, "God, help."
He has thousands of years of experience helping, comforting, and saving those who reach up to Him in faith.
Today's devotion is excerpted from the second chapter of Greg Laurie's book, Why, God? (Dana Point, Calif.: Kerygma Publishing, 2007). To order a copy of Why, God? while supplies last, click here to visit the Harvest Store.
Connor,
I told you about a song the other day. A song that reminds us all of our broken state before the Lord.
The song that "I thought" was a little repedative, which only meant it was easier for me to remember....(lol) Well I found the lyrics online and wanted you to hear them. So here they are...
Leeland Lyrics/Carried To The Table Lyrics
"Wounded and forsaken
I was shattered by the fall
Broken and forgotten
Feeling lost and all alone
Summoned by the King
Into the Master’s courts
Lifted by the Savior
And cradled in His arms
I was carried to the table
Seated where I don’t belong
Carried to the table
Swept away by His love
And I don’t see my brokenness anymore
When I’m seated at the table of the Lord
I’m carried to the table
The table of the Lord
Fighting thoughts of fear
And wondering why He called my name
Am I good enough to share this cup
This world has left me lame
Even in my weakness
The Savior called my name
In His Holy presence
I’m healed and unashamed..."
My favorite line is ..."in my weakness the Savior called my name and in His presence I am healed and unashamed."
In our weakness, He carries us, cradling us in His arms. What a glorious picture!
Cera Malech
I read your blog and think, "What an amazing boy."
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