Do you really believe?

For the past two days there has been another of those glaring truths staring me in the face, and I feel led to share it with all of you. You see I am fully aware that my wife without a miraculous intervention from our Lord will be with him at His pre-determined time correct? I would hope that your answer to that was a bit more like huh, than it was yes, you see the statement truly makes no sense because miraculous in our eyes or not when Dawn, or you, or I are called from these bodies it will be because the Lord of all creation has called us home for our eternal healing. None of us know how many days we will have on this earth bound by this flesh truly only He knows the number of our days. Am I saying that we should not be praying for a miracle for Dawn, or anyone else for that matter, absolutely not, because without prayer, then the healings simply become the will of some being, the mistake of man, or the result of Karma, all of which make absolutely no scientific or faith based sense, they in fact are rubish, yes I did say rubish. However when prayers to the God of all creation are answered they are done so because it is His will to do so, and the suffering that causes these prayers to whatever level it may be, completes the perfect will of God for all of those who are submitted to His will, and truly understand that He alone is God. Ever since the diagnosis one of the greatest of battles has been the emotional struggle of dealing with those who have no hope or faith, those who see this as the end as oppossed to the beginning. You see they have no right to share thier opinion in this matter, after all they are not the ones who are in the fiery furnace, they in fact are the ones watching from afar. Oh yes they will be effected emotionaly by the loss of a loved one or a friend, however that is the limit of the effect upon them. Those who are in the fire, they alone have the right to determine what they believe, and how they will go through the trial, for they are after all the ones who are truly facing the greatest of challenges. As we have been through this struggle we have been, and remain so appreciative of all who have come alongside of all of us in order to make our days brighter, words can never express our gratitude, and a thousand years would not be enough time to repay each of you for what you have done for us, for oh how you have encouraged us. I see the result of your prayers and action every day; the light in Dawns eyes as she reads the verses that people have given her, the smiles that cannot be contained as she reads the cards and emails, the joy on my childrens faces as they return from a shopping trip with one of the ladies and her daughter from the Church, or the relief in my own heart when I see the pile of leaves dissapearing from the back yard, and the strain of the need to pay medical bills being relived because of the generousity of so many, the animals being delivered to homes for care, and so much more! And with all of this good how quickly it is overshadowed when those who lack faith offer thier words of discouragement, thier words that are limited to what they see as opposed to what we believe. Let us not be discouraged however faith cannot be dispelled by disbelievers or it would have faded long ago and become a fabled story of old. But no it has not, no it is and has remained the lifesaving device thrown out to those who are drowning in despair and fear! May we all be people of great faith, people who send the rescue ring to those in need, those stand firm in the prescence of scoffers and doubters, after all if we are unable to believe may we be reminded of that famous passage in Hebrews, "without faith it is impossible to please God", oh that I would be a man, the priest of a household that seeks to please our God!