Day 494 - October 22 - Praying for Faith

First, I apologize for not blogging sooner this week. Just one of those weeks, I guess - the "What to Blog About" Department had apparently gone on strike!

A quick update - as you remember, Connor has been struggling to remain saturated with enough oxygen over the last few months, and y'all have been praying for him as he goes. Well, over the last couple of weeks, he's been having a daytime saturation above 97%! To put that in comparison, when I use the oximeter on me, I usually get a 95 or 96% reading, and the boy's been in the low 90s over the last few months (below 90 is not good, just to remind you). But recently his lungs have been healing and working the way they're intended, and he's staying saturated at much higher levels. This helps him feel better physically, which of course makes all of our days go easier! So - many, many thanks for your prayers, and much praise to God for working through you in him.

Now I'm going to ask you for some more help. The other day we were talking with the boy, and we asked him how he would like us to be praying for him. He answered "Pray for my faith". Daily he faces horror that I cannot fathom. Every moment his loss is thrust in his face, and progress seems as far from him as ever. It is exceedingly hard to keep your eyes on Christ when all of your existence clamors for your attention, and he's feeling it. So I'm asking you to join us in coming along side him right now and helping him have the strength to keep looking to Christ. Over the last 16 months y'all have rallied around us when our faith was quivering; I'm asking you to do it again for the boy. Please.

This morning I read a quote from Charles Spurgeon, something that goes like "Who told you that day wouldn't follow night? Who said that your winter would go only from snow to freeze, from frost to ice?" And I said to myself "Self, you know that when you're at work and somebody tells you a rumor that somebody else passed to them, you often say 'consider the source'?" Well, that's what Spurgeon is saying - when your spirit hears something, examine whether it's true, and if it even could be. Consider the source. Does it jibe with what God says about it? If not, then quit listening to the lies.

So today I (and I'll get Connor on board, too) am going to start trying to consider the source of my feelings. Who told me this situation would last until I die? Not God. Who told me all my hopes and dreams for the future are gone? Not God. Who said that Connor will never walk again? Again, not God. No, His plans are to give us a future and a hope, according to Jeremiah. So I ask myself "Well, if it's not God, then who is it?"

It's time to consider the source.

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