How often we are anxious when there is no just cause for anxiety. . . Let us pray for more faith and patience, and allow more time for the full development of God’s purposes. Let us believe that things are often working together for our peace and joy, which seem at one time to contain [...]
Archive for November, 2011
He will come and save you! Isaiah 35
Posted in Quotes, Scripture on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Three continents. Six children dead. Every headline mistaken.
Posted in commentary, News on November 28, 2011 | 18 Comments »
It happened again, this time in Australia. A woman was advised that one of her twins would have serious medical issues, so she decided to abort that twin. The hospital made a mistake during the procedure. The twin without medical issues was killed. And then the other twin was also aborted. It has also happened [...]
A symbolically important closing of an abortion clinic in Minnesota
Posted in commentary, News on November 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Regions Hospital has announced that it is closing the GYN Special Services Clinic as of December 9. This clinic performed abortions within the Regions Hospital complex off of downtown Saint Paul. Of course this is good news – one less facility to kill our babies is always good news. There is another reason to rejoice. [...]
“God delivers his people in two ways. . .” John Eaves
Posted in Quotes on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Contrary to popular belief, God does not place us on the sidelines of life when we walk through hardship. Rather, he takes us to the center of the playing field, so that the world can watch and observe his faithfulness in our lives. God delivers his people in two ways: he delivers us from our trials, [...]
Thankful for a joyous Thanksgiving
Posted in commentary on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Paul has his nights and days backward again, and his medications already make him sleepy. So, he slept through the Thanksgiving gathering. But he was in the middle of it! His cousin, who is also multiply disabled, seemed to enjoy everything, however. God is good. And our family patriarch enjoyed himself as well! Grandchildren are [...]
Rejoicing with thanks to God for my family!
Posted in commentary on November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a special Thanksgiving Day in our home, and my gratitude to God is simply overflowing! The gratitude is heightened because I have memories of holidays that were, at best, an obligation. God is kind to have changed my heart so dramatically over these years. There is a whole list of things that have [...]
To my friends who struggle at the holidays
Posted in Quotes, Scripture on November 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I know some of you are praying you’ll make it through the next few days, not anticipating anything good to come from gathering with extended family and friends. Or maybe the disability in your family member means you can’t gather with other loved ones, and the heartache is almost more than you can stand. It [...]
Jesus always loves us. Sickness (or disability) is no sign of his displeasure.
Posted in Quotes on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
More from The Gospel of John by J.C. Ryle (paragraph formatting mine): Sickness, in the very nature of things, can never be anything but trying to flesh and blood. Our bodies and souls are strangely linked together, and that which vexes and weakens the body can hardly fail to vex the mind and soul. But [...]
Should grief or sickness waste away my life in premature decay, my Father, still I strive to say, “Thy will be done.”
Posted in commentary on November 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thank you to Justin Taylor for posting a video on Charlotte Elliot, the author of the hymn, Just as I Am. I had no idea she lived for decades with infirmities that kept her bed-ridden in her home. It adds several layers of seriousness to the words she wrote, calling out to God for help. [...]
Registration open for Desiring God’s Conference The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability on November 8
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God’s gift of friendship through suffering and prayer
Posted in commentary, Prayer Requests on November 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. (Psalm 86:6-7 ESV) A little boy we know is having exploratory surgery today. He lives with a persistent condition that is as yet undiagnosed. His parents are wonderful; [...]
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