Rough night last night, many thoughts going through my head, most of them scenarios of a future without my lifelong mate. Nothing can prepare a person for such tragedy, no books, no passages, no teachings, nothing can prepare a heart for such intense pain. Yet in the midst of all of it we know that yes God is in control and yes He is our healer, and yes He knows all things, and has even experienced to a much greater degree this pain that we are feeling in our hearts.
This year has been the most difficult year of our recent lives in ministry in every way, emotionaly it has been a roller coaster, financialy (which really does not matter) a hole, personaly tragic, and yet we have seen the greatest of growth in love and commitment to Christ in our children that one could possibly imagine, and that has made it all worth while. We have seen many come to Christ, God has called us to serve in a new way in Shasta Lake, He has had us travel and serve Him as a family to a much greater degree, so much good and so much hope, and that we must and will hang on to.
Regardless of the outcome with Dawn's health I am and will remain 100% committed to serving at Shasta Lake. God has surrounded us with an amazing team of mature, equipped, and equaly commited leaders and we will continue on, yes it will look different than many of us thought, but none the less we will continue onward for the sake of Christ.
Blessings to you all and thank you for your continued prayer and support, and please inform others of this blog as I am finding the burden of communicating to everyone a bit more than I can handle right nowm easily 2 hrs a day and my wife and children need the time.
Gene
Dear Gene,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this blog as you know there are so many of us that are praying for Dawn and your family. We love you so much!