tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954090281646983139.post8835504341294160564..comments2024-03-21T18:42:45.738-04:00Comments on Word and Deed: Staring Into the DarkThe Drs. McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08718125736406924171noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954090281646983139.post-24666886869446880392015-08-26T22:48:42.525-04:002015-08-26T22:48:42.525-04:00My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood...My hope is built on nothing less<br />Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;<br />I dare not trust the sweetest frame,<br />But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.<br /><br />Refrain:<br />On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;<br />All other ground is sinking sand,<br />All other ground is sinking sand.<br /><br />When darkness veils His lovely face,<br />I rest on His unchanging grace;<br />In every high and stormy gale,<br />My anchor holds within the veil.<br /><br />His oath, His covenant, His blood<br />Support me in the whelming flood;<br />When all around my soul gives way,<br />He then is all my hope and stay.<br /><br />When He shall come with trumpet sound,<br />Oh, may I then in Him be found;<br />Dressed in His righteousness alone,<br />Faultless to stand before the throne.Eric Sellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388949779847406299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954090281646983139.post-16082500086460538462015-08-26T11:52:54.739-04:002015-08-26T11:52:54.739-04:00I have written to you, or rather commented here, o...I have written to you, or rather commented here, once before.. your words are compelling. My dear friend Julie Thiessen and her husband Jesh and dear little munchkins are soon to join you, so I popped in to see what is happening in your 'neck of the woods.' and read your commentary, on good friends , with cancer. <br />My son, who had a traumatic brain injury at 17, and experienced a miracle , of healing , and long story, too long to write here, also saw Jesus, while lying dying on the ground outside our home. Jesus spoke in a loud commanding voice that he 'GET UP and GO INSIDE' or we would not have found Mark, our son, in time to save his life. Fast forward ahead, to many more miracles for Mark, now married, with two degrees, and two beautiful children. He has few friends, lots of acjquaintances, but only one or two friends who 'get him',... who are willing to walk with him thru the heartbreak that brain injury leaves in its wake. Extreme fatigue, memory issues, lack of understanding social cues, and the extensive list goes on and on. Mark's best friend Tyler, one who 'gets' Mark and loves him, was diagnosed with cancer on his honeymoon 4 years ago. Mark and a small community of like minded believers prayed for God to heal Tyler. Melissa , Tyler's new wife and childhood sweetheart all believed that God would heal... and even changed churches, when the current church they attended said, "God doesn't heal now... that was only old Testament days stuff. WEll, two years after his diagnosis, and chemo and the other things we do to heal cancer, Tyler was declared cancer free. They coldn't operate on him so it was chemo or? and the doctors said, " What can we say, "It's a miracle." He was fine for a year, and then...sadly...it returned. We watched him get weaker and weaker, and watched the particular heartache for our son, who loved his friend like a brother. Tyler died two days ago. His wife is 5 months pregnant. <br />We are finding that we have to mine deeply in the dark places of our faith mine shafts, to find hope.. and hope is there if we look. There is no way to make sense of this...no way to put it in a box,and say " of yes, that's what God is doing" ..no way to let it sit peacefully. But there is a way to go on... We know that we WILL see Tyler again one day. That he WILL meet his child , son or daughter, one day! That he is not in the horrible pain any longer. That God promises to comfort the broken hearted. That He will, if we look to Him , show us the only way to go on. Thank you for your words, they are deep and thoughtful and have given me comfort. <br />Take care of Jesh and Julie, they are tremendous people. You will love them dearly. As I do...<br />Linda Viner McAllisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457419138032014893noreply@blogger.com