Last Wednesday we buried my daughter in law. For the past year, we have watched her fight cancer. We have seen her refuse treatment that may have harmed the baby she was carrying when she was diagnosed with the disease that took her life. We have seen her joy at the birth of that healthy child. We have watched with increasing despair as the disease rapidly progressed in these past weeks.
The questions have been numerous. The primary one, “Why?” Why would the Lord take such a brilliant and gifted woman nine months after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl? Why would he do it in this way? Why did she have to suffer through this? We have an answer. We don’t know.
The one thing we do know. The one truth to which we cling. Is that our Lord is sovereign, intentional, loving, faithful, and true.
Yesterday He took me to these passages to remind me of these truths:
There is much that we have learned in the past year. Much that I would like to share. Now is not the time. What is paramount now, is to be reminded that our time is limited. Our time is set. We are, I am to live in light of that reality. We are to live Matthew 6:33 (here @ Bible Gateway).
The one thing we do know. The one truth to which we cling. Is that our Lord is sovereign, intentional, loving, faithful, and true.
Yesterday He took me to these passages to remind me of these truths:
- Psalm 139:16 (here @ Bible Gateway)
- Psalm 90:12 (here @ Bible Gateway)
- Psalm 39:4 – 5 (here @ Bible Gateway)
- 1 Peter 4:1 – 2 (here @ Bible Gateway)
There is much that we have learned in the past year. Much that I would like to share. Now is not the time. What is paramount now, is to be reminded that our time is limited. Our time is set. We are, I am to live in light of that reality. We are to live Matthew 6:33 (here @ Bible Gateway).
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