Today is the Day of Prayer here at BBC...and Vibbard Dorm (my dorm) is hosting a prayer vigil for Rick and Faye Moore (my dorm parents.) For those of you who don't know Rick has been battling a type of throat cancer for the past two years and now he is coming to the end of his battle. The doctors say he has 3 to 6 months left to live...he is very weak right now...and he is dying.
I've known that Rick has been sick for a while but i guess it didn't really hit me until this morning when i was praying for him. It is difficult to watch those that have influenced your life pass away. I haven't gotten to know Rick extremely well in the past four years that i have been here...but i do not doubt that he has prayed for me at some of my most difficult points in my walk with God...and today..it has been nice to dedicate a day praying for him and his family.
Faye has been such a blessing...she is so strong and has so much peace about losing her husband. She really has seen God's soveriegnty in her whole life and chooses to see his soveriegnty now.
I don't understand pessimistic christians. So often they say they believe in God and his word and the hard times come and they faith really shows. I'm not saying that when a trial comes we should jump up and down and laugh and tell everybody we are having a grand ole time...but i am saying that in the midst of our trials we should be willing to keep hoping...because we indeed do have something to hope for.
One of my suit mates was talking about a trial that her family is having and her father actually said.."I know that God can help me, but i don't think he will." And i know that this statement expresses the desperation that he is in right now...but man..to think that someone is in so much pain that they can not even have hope in the God who saved them...that is rough. If we can not hope and trust in the God who saved us, what can we hope and trust in?
"What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings
Because Grace makes beauty
out of ugly things."
Indeed i have seen "Grace make beauty out of ugly things" in my life...I hope and pray that my suit mates dad will someday see that grace...I hope and pray that maybe you, if you're struggling with somethings...will see too someday see..
"Grace make beauty out of ugly things."
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I think it is a little dangerous to say you don't understand pessimistic Christians. I used to be one...and it's actually pretty simple. Someone who is pessimistic many times is just trying to protect themselves from disappointment by being overly realistic. Sometimes, it's easy to get so caught up in the sadness of life, that we lose hold of the truth of God's goodness.
Thankfully, God opened my eyes and heart and I am as happy as anyone you'll meet now. Not just a lala happy...but just full of joy because I know God will never forsake me.
On an encouraging note...although I do not think God's plan for everyone is physical healing, I do believe God works that way sometimes. I have met an incredibly dear lady here who was dying of cancer (had about 2-3 weeks to live, max) and as she prayed at night, God healed her...completely! We should never assume that God does not work that way. He's still the same God! We have incredible power through the Holy Spirit, why not ask for something great? :)
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