Late Night Musing



Its 12:45ish in the morning. I went to sleep at around 8:30 on Wednesday night. Yesterday was a tough day. The best part of yesterday for me was knowing our fellow Christ-follows are praying for us and Ripley. I’ve had a lot of e-mails and FaceBook messages letting me know Ripley is being prayed for and that Teresa and I are being prayed for. It does my heart well to know this. I’ve been serving my God since the age of 16 years old and have been the one who visited and encouraged others. It’s weird being on the other side. I didn’t know how to react to it to be honest.

I had a great e-mail from one of the guys in the men’s group I lead about wanting to get together and pray for us. I was great. My sister said something to me that stayed with me and since it’s in my head, I need to write about so I can get back to sleep. Wanda said that she wished this didn’t happen to us. To that I say why not us? Jesus never said we will have it easy; but the opposite. He said when the storms come our house will be fine because of our foundation (Himself) is strong enough to withstand it. Jesus is growing Teresa's faith and strengthening me during this trail. I have no doubt whatsoever that at the end someone will come to know Christ as Lord. I have co-workers reading my blog; family members reading my blog; Teresa's former co-workers reading my blog. They are all seeing how we are viewing this and my desire is for them to ask how can we react this way? We react this way because of Jesus. I don't want to sound like I'm trying to be the man but I sincerely believe some great will come out of all this.

When Ripley comes through the operation on Friday with flying colors, I will give the honor to God. God is the great physician and He has decided to us Robert Kelly to be His hands to help Ripley. If for any reason, God chooses to go another way with the operation then I hope I will react like David did when his child was taken home but until then I will trust God will heal my daughter completely. Through the good, the bad, and the indifferent times, God is still God. His ways are the best even if we don’t understand them.

The above paragraph was to be the conclusion, but Teresa had me hold Ripley so she could power her nose. I get lost in Ripley’s little face. They are very much wide open right now and I say wow to her wonder. As I wrote before, God put her together this way for His glory and I will trust in His Sovereignty. We serve a great and awesome God who created the universe but still cares to us and our problems. No matter what the end will be, I will glorify God.