"For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord.
So then,
whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's." Romans 14:8
Life is precious.
Whether it is in the miracle of life....
Or the homecoming of death.
Life is precious.
Life is precious.
There are times in our lives when God reminds us of this gift. Reminds us not to take it for granted. It usually takes something big to get our attention. The little stuff seems to go unnoticed. So, God will use something big to turn our eyes and hearts on Him....where it should have been this whole time. God has been using others to remind my heart of this.
One of my own reminders: My daughter has a friend her own age, Alyssa, who has been through so much. Her pancreas has never worked right. This summer, her family went to Minnesota for a huge pancreatectomy surgery. Alyssa has been there over 20 days now. She has had a rough time. She has been in pain. Recovery will take God's healing and some time. Please add Alyssa and her family to your prayer list. I cannot imagine how hard it is for her parents right now. God's strength is holding them up right now. Life is precious...
Another reminder would have to do with cancer, of course. A sweet lady, Kathy, has been fighting cancer for some time. She has such a strength given to her by God. A light from within that cannot be diminished. Kathy has went for another scan and the cancer which was in remission, has shown it's ugly face once again. Radiation will begin again. Another one of God's children in need of prayer. And, another example of how precious Life is.
When we reach the end of our rope, we see God more clearly. He has been there the whole time. How else would we have made it this far? Our troubles are but a moment...just a blink of an eye... when we get to the other side. Until that day, we have a Savior that will be with us step by step and day by day. A God stronger than anything this world can give us.
"Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes." James 4:13-14
One of my own reminders: My daughter has a friend her own age, Alyssa, who has been through so much. Her pancreas has never worked right. This summer, her family went to Minnesota for a huge pancreatectomy surgery. Alyssa has been there over 20 days now. She has had a rough time. She has been in pain. Recovery will take God's healing and some time. Please add Alyssa and her family to your prayer list. I cannot imagine how hard it is for her parents right now. God's strength is holding them up right now. Life is precious...
Another reminder would have to do with cancer, of course. A sweet lady, Kathy, has been fighting cancer for some time. She has such a strength given to her by God. A light from within that cannot be diminished. Kathy has went for another scan and the cancer which was in remission, has shown it's ugly face once again. Radiation will begin again. Another one of God's children in need of prayer. And, another example of how precious Life is.
"Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes." James 4:13-14
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