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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
I love digressions like this... if a viewer doesn't have any interest in your story, that's sad and is their loss.
Thank you for sharing... you have a wonderful story to tell... my eyes teared with joy when I read about your father becoming a missionary... and when you went into the ministry... most believers won't give up the so-called good life for Jesus... you did and should be humbly proud... you are special.
I came to know the Lord late in life... age 34... I, too, have been blessed tremendously.
Agree with you... no parents are perfect... we are all flawed... it's is only the merciful grace of God, his forgiveness and sacrifice on the cross that saves us... all parents are flawed, even the best of them... but many of the them raise good kids in spite of their imperfections... my mother was not a saint... she could be very difficult to get along with... she could be mean and hateful one day and give you her last dollar the next day... but I never doubted for one minute that she loved me... I'm thankful God gave me to her... not a lot of women would have done what she did or had to go through to keep me and raise me.
I'm sorry for your chronic health problems and I will be praying for you on a daily basis... each morning around 8 am I have a prayer list I go through... you will be added to that list.
I don't know why bad things happen to good people... but after all is said and done... it's not the things of this world that matter... it's where we end up that matter... the apostle Paul was one of the greatest believers ever... and yet like you... he had an affliction... a "thorn in the flesh" that God didn't take away even when Paul asked him on several occasions to remove it... God answered Paul's prayers and said His grace is sufficient for us.
I don't understand this world... don't understand many things of God, but I'm still going to depend totally on God to get me through it... even if people question whether God exist or not... I still am going to give him control of my life... I'm going to love him and my fellow man as well as I can... even the bad ones and the ones that are different from me and my life style... and hope one day at the end of time that Jesus will say the most beautiful words in the world... "Well done, good and faithful servant".
Don't ever apologize for sharing your life... you should be humbly proud of it... one day I think you will hear those beautiful works from Jesus.
Thank you for your kind words about my dynasties... many times they have helped me keep on keeping on when I wanted to quit.
Also please pray for me, too.
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Like you, Eugene, I'm a firm believer in the power of faith and prayer. To quote Lord Alfred Tennyson:
“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.”
Also, my wife, who is a woman of faith, always reminds me that the LORD has never let us down, even once, during the many times that we've faced seemingly insurmountable challenges.
Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. But, above all, thank you for the prayers.
I, too, will be remembering you in my prayer time.
God bless!