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Happy Tuesday!
Supervised Ministry is officially put to bed! Our group leader treated us all to dinner by
bringing barbecue from Railhead to our last meeting tonight. So delicious.
Prayer: Holy Lord of healing and sustaining grace I give
thanks for Your presence in our lives and in all the situations in which we
find ourselves. You have promised strength as we learn to love You more and
become more of Your reflected image.
Strengthen the resolve of those who are in need of courage. You have
promised in the scriptures that it is through the strengthening of our hearts
by Your very presence we can hope in You. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
“Be
of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the
LORD.”
Palm
31: 24
The psalmist reminds us to be of good courage and God
will strengthen our hearts. I have a
friend whose husband is battling cancer. They are trying to make the decision
as to whether to continue his treatment with him bearing the side effects of
the chemo or to discontinue treatment and have quality days for the remainder
of his life. These are such hard decisions to make. It is at times like these
that the one thing we must remember is that God is sovereign over our lives.
Tonight when I did some online pastoral care with them I suggested they follow
their hearts and look to the heart of God as they made this decision.
This is such a painful decision and so difficult, but to
consider this decision is not worthless.
The good news is whichever decision they make they will have said yes to life and my prayer is that they
are trusting God’s control and acknowledge God’s presence with them in this
time of discernment.
It is at times like this that each of us needs to come to
God with a courageous heart. We can go before God with courage even if our
hearts are breaking and God will bless this bravery and strengthen our hearts.
Take joy in the journey remembering that hope does not
disappoint. Wear comfortable shoes, pray with a heart filled with thanksgiving
and get some sleep. Love you all, Bruce and Gaylene.
I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I
feel. I am only moved by what I believe and I believe God.
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