It's a Corrie Ten
Boom kind of day.
I say it's a
Corrie Ten Boom kind of day because you have been called to do something very
special and difficult and terrifying. Your story is in the public's eye as
well. I love her story because she was honest and never knew how she was going
to respond to each situation, but she, like you, was willing. Willing to take
each step. Willing to crawl through despair. Willing to admit that you are, and
always have been, powerless and the Lord really does hold the whole world (YOUR
WHOLE WORLD) in His hands. I remember that Corrie and her sister Betsy found
things to be thankful for...even the fleas in the barracks because the fleas
kept the soldiers out so they could have at least a little peace.
It sounds like
the Lord is giving you little bits of peace. It is amazing to read what you are
accomplishing for one so sick! Today someone said something about your struggle
being an amazing gift to all of us (here I go with another "Ihope this
doesn't hurt your feelings or make you depressed" thing). We are all
walking to the arms of Jesus we just don't know when we will meet Him. Your
journey, now more than ever, is showing us all how to walk that walk. Of
course with all that is in me I want you to be well and I don't want you to
have to carry this cross. I wish I could help relieve the weight of it! But
what I see is you hefting that cross up on your back and taking each step. I
see you perfecting your "technique" through the strength of Christ.
Sometimes you have to rest, but you never put it down.
"Worrying
doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” ―
Corrie Ten Boom
Thank you for
blessing us all with the example of strength for today and "bright hope for
tomorrow". Thank you for accepting the Lord's faithfulness no matter what
it may look like.
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