Blessed Sunday to you all!

For us this Sunday has been so very blessed. Geni, Travis and another young man were in a car accident on the way home from the Happening Lock-in in McGregor today. The rain was pouring down. Geni drove through a large puddle and the car hydro-planed. This caused her to lose control of the car and hit a light pole in the median on I-35 and carry the pole with them. The pole then fell on top of the car. By the grace of God and His angels all three of these young people are without a scratch. Praise God from whom all blessing flow. We left worship when Travis called to go and pick them up at a Wendy’s in Burleson. When we arrived at home we gathered with our arms around each other and gave thanks for their safety. We told them that we did not pray for their car to come home safely, but for them to come home safely. And again as we sat down to dinner tonight I looked around our table and told them how grateful I was that they were there a safe and unharmed. Cars are replaceable but children are not.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 “ We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We do not know what to do, but do not give up the hope of living…We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed.”

Tonight as I sat down for my nightly devotional this was the title “God Will Get You Home.” I could not believe this was the topic of my reading tonight.

As Casey’s oncologist said, “The destination is never in question, but sometimes the journey sucks.” Today, for three wonderful young people, the journey sort of sucked. They experienced a sense of being out of control, fear of injury, and lots of unknowns. But God in His tender mercies brought these children safely home.

For some of us the journeys of our lives have been really tough at times. We have lost those we have loved and cherished. I have friends whose spouses or other family members do not tolerate their faith as believers. In this time of failing economy there seems to be more month left than money and decisions have to be made as to what bills get paid. There are families in crisis.

Sometimes when the situation seems hopeless we have trouble seeing through the cloud of uncertainty, fear and doubt. God has promised us that there is a place where we can always go in the midst of the storms that come our way. (Forgive the storm reference, but given the current weather it seemed appropriate.) We have God who loves us so very much that He has called us His children. He has given us His Word as assurance of His presence in our lives. But most of all He gave us Jesus to show His love for us. He sent us His child. His child faced all of the storms of life we face. And even when Satan thought he had destroyed this most precious child, Jesus was hurt unto death, but was not destroyed. The Holy Spirit, the very essence of God returned to show that the love of God can never be destroyed even if the vessel that carried that love hung on a cross.

Today, Geni’s beloved Malibu (Josephine) was destroyed, but the beautiful, love inside the car remained unscathed. My friends give thanks with a grateful heart for the love of God that lives in each of us. The road may be long and full of storms, but not even the worst storms that this earthly live can dish out can ever destroy the love of God that lives within each of us.

Take joy in the journey. Love you all, Bruce, Gaylene, Geni and Travis.

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I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe and I believe God.