The days are long. Really long. Dave has not been feeling all that well today. He has a low fever tonight. He will go on Thursday for his next chemo. It is going to be a cold week in Houston. Our coldest weather so far. Nothing like the weather back home. Everyone is gearing up for a big snow. All the milk and bread are bound to be off the shelves at every grocery store. James Spann (our favorite Alabama weather man) said once and I'll never forget it that everyone must be going to have milk sandwiches. But that's what we do in Alabama when it snows....we stock up on food and play in the snow. We are sad we are not home for the snow. I have been dealing with not being content. I never dreamed we would be doing this...living in Houston and facing cancer head on!! But this is where we find ourselves. So, we press on.
A friend gave us this book while we were home. It is a collection of Puritan Devotional Readings. Every page I read seems to hit me just where I am. I thought I would share some of what I read today.
..... Many times we must be content, not only to be active instruments but passive objects of His glory. If God will glory himself in our poverty, or our disgrace, our pain and sickness, we must be content. We need to deal with God seriously about this matter that we may submit to the Lord's will as Jesus: "Save me from this hour but for this cause came I unto this hour: Father, glorify thy name" (John 12:27-28). This was the humble submission of Christ Jesus and it should be in us.
......We need to deal with God that we may have the end, and leave the means to his own choosing: that God may be glorified in our condition whatever it is. If he wills for us to be rich and full, that he might be glorified in our bounty; if he wills for us to be poor and low, that he may be glorified in our patience; if he will have us healthy, that he may be glorified in our labour; if he will have us sick, that he may be glorified in our pain; if he will have us live, that he may be glorified in our lives; if he will have us die, that he may be glorified in our deaths (Romans 14:8). Thomas Manton
I really want to be content where I am. If you pray for us, add this to your list.
4 comments:
I needed to hear that too, I think we all deal with that in some way in our lives. I know that I am deaing with being content as well..Thanks Lisa for sharing that cause that really helped me tonight to know that I am not alone and I got alot out of what you posted
Prayed for you this morning. Love you guys
They say dreams are a combination of thoughts we have throughout the day. Others say it is a view of what is to come. I have a dream that you guys were back home (funny, since I don't know what your home looks like!) and that everyone was laughing and having a great time. Flash forward to Dave back in church leading worship (as I knew it at Hillcrest) and straightening the orchestra room and putting the next few week's schedule on the board. Prayers that those days, in their appropriate context today, will be here soon!
We as God's children can know that NOTHING comes our way without His permission first. I think of Job and Paul when I remember the principle about being content.
I will pray for a greater understanding of God's word, as we all need, and for God to show you His understanding and wisdom about being content.
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