Mom called me and asked me to come down; Daddy is not doing so well. He'd broken his hip just before Easter, and come through the surgery all right, but he's fading now. It's very difficult to watch a beloved and cherished parent go through this, and I only arrived this afternoon.
I am so blessed and honored by all my online friends who have been lifting up my Dad and Mom and me before the Throne of Grace and Mercy. It hasn't hit me fully yet - hey, I was here two and a half years ago, thinking it was the end for Dad, and he pulled out if it - but I'm sure that there's a reality-bus heading my way at a high rate of speed.
If I didn't have God, if I didn't know my father's faith, I don't know what I would do. How can people go through this painful roller coaster without the bedrock knowledge that there is a holy, perfect, all-powerful God who has chosen His children and watches over them in love and tenderness? How can people go through trials without knowing their eternal Father is permitting the test so that His children are strengthened and encouraged in their confidence in His goodness and righteousness?
I am so grateful that He is with me, and has sent many of my brothers and sisters of the faith to lift me up and encourage me.
This song by Salvador, "You Rescue Me," really puts it into words for me:
Something in the motion of my history
Like a desert highway flying under me
All these guilty wounds that cannot be redeemed
By time, by time
Aching in a place that only I can see
Tears have a way of catching up to me
All it ever takes is a glimpse of something free
Like birds in flight
So I'm giving up on clarity
'Cause I want to trust when I cannot see and
Chorus
You rescue me, You hear my cry
You shelter me through the night
And You are my strength when I am in need
You are my God, You rescue me
Caught between the ocean and eternity
Broken by the weight of my attempts to be
Everything that everyone expects of me
This time, and every time
So I'm giving up my righteousness
'Cause grace, alone, will give me rest 'cause
Chorus
You rescue me, You hear my cry
You shelter me through the night
And You are my strength when I am in need
You are my God, You rescue me
Thank You, Father, for rescuing me. Thank You, Jesus, for coming to this sad, sorry earth to redeem Your people. Thank You for saving... me.
I pray God gives you courage to face any reality that comes your way.
May your Dad get well soon!!
Keep sharing!
This is Joshua from Israeli Uncensored News
Posted by: Joshua from Israeli Uncensored News | April 30, 2010 at 04:31 AM