An Open Letter to Our Dear Nephew...
...Danny, twenty-one years old - who I learned today is facing sudden surgery for a type of male cancer. We covet your prayers for him!
[The "visitor illustration" is largely borrowed from my Sunday school pastor Jonathan Rourke. It has ministered to me greatly.]
...I love you Danny! This too will pass and you will be blessed in every way.
Aunt Jody and I see now that God sent "Mr. Trial" to visit us. When he arrived, he said he'd be moving in for a while. But - he brought gifts in abundance. So many gifts that he had to transport them in a separate truck! All the gifts were from the Lord himself. Gifts of grace, peace, mercy, tenderness, healing and blessing. He has visited us at God's request so that we might fellowship with our sweet Jesus in a way we would have never sought or attained *any other way* - but OH how glorious are these gifts. Indescribable. We would not trade them, or this deeper relationship with our Savior Jesus for *anything*.
As it appears God has sent you this same visitor, we will pray constantly that His peace will be your peace and perseverance. The Lord does all things well, even when he dispenses hardships. But He never does so without a greater purpose in mind - Christlikeness - and He never makes mistakes, and He is about to do the remarkable in *your* life as He grows you as a man of God.
All of that said, I pray He would relent from you having to endure any unwanted circumstance, sweet nephew.
I love you Danny.
Uncle Scott
[The "visitor illustration" is largely borrowed from my Sunday school pastor Jonathan Rourke. It has ministered to me greatly.]
...I love you Danny! This too will pass and you will be blessed in every way.
Aunt Jody and I see now that God sent "Mr. Trial" to visit us. When he arrived, he said he'd be moving in for a while. But - he brought gifts in abundance. So many gifts that he had to transport them in a separate truck! All the gifts were from the Lord himself. Gifts of grace, peace, mercy, tenderness, healing and blessing. He has visited us at God's request so that we might fellowship with our sweet Jesus in a way we would have never sought or attained *any other way* - but OH how glorious are these gifts. Indescribable. We would not trade them, or this deeper relationship with our Savior Jesus for *anything*.
As it appears God has sent you this same visitor, we will pray constantly that His peace will be your peace and perseverance. The Lord does all things well, even when he dispenses hardships. But He never does so without a greater purpose in mind - Christlikeness - and He never makes mistakes, and He is about to do the remarkable in *your* life as He grows you as a man of God.
All of that said, I pray He would relent from you having to endure any unwanted circumstance, sweet nephew.
I love you Danny.
Uncle Scott
posted by Scott F. at 3:32 PM
3 Comments:
I have recently been studying-and practicing-the discipline of prayer. One illustration that struck me is that a loving father will not give his son everything he asks for, lest he be harmed. A loving father will not give his son the serpent he asked for.
God will not answer my prayers for health, because He is using my illness for good, in a number of ways.
I pray Jody and your nephew will learn to be content with whatever God gives or withholds.
Thank you for this sweet e-ministry. It strengthens us! We are so undeserving and so grateful to the Lord for your fellowship. Thank you for your prayers, and for the time all of you take to edify and share your loving concern.
We are *so* blessed.
XOXOXOXO
Thanks for all your prayers. Dan has been seeing the mighty hand of God in all this. Blood tests last week show that since the "echtomy" surgery, his "markers" have returned to completely normal. Keep us in your prayers as we go to our "tumor board" meeting with Dan this week to hear the doctors' recommendations. Annie and I are so thankful for the huge measure of peace in which God has surrounded us.
Our life motto has become, "STOP, DROP, and PRAY. It makes no difference where we are or who's with us..we're praying.
Thanks for all your prayers my blessed and wonderful brethren in the body of our Lord.
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