Comments on: As we face our future http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2006/12/13/as-we-face-our-future/ Just a quiet corner of the Net where I will come to sit and think and write. Maybe you will find that I have something worthwhile to say. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: HLB http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2006/12/13/as-we-face-our-future/#comment-7606 HLB Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:26:49 +0000 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2006/12/13/as-we-face-our-future/#comment-7606 Seth, Thank you for your honesty. I can see your faith shining. Well done! Dad 'And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.� ... Even so, come Lord Jesus!' Seth,

Thank you for your honesty. I can see your faith shining. Well done!

Dad

‘And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.â€? … Even so, come Lord Jesus!’

]]> By: Steve http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2006/12/13/as-we-face-our-future/#comment-7565 Steve Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:34:28 +0000 http://greatwolf.blogpeoria.com/2006/12/13/as-we-face-our-future/#comment-7565 Seth, when I am faced with situtations like yourself, (and trust me I am in one right now), I always take faith in the idea of surrendering to God. We can't begin to try to understand all of him or his plans, we can know his love, and we can have faith in his love, and that I think is part of surrendering. Whenever a door closes and I think why? or why now? I think of things like in Lords of the Rings when Frodo asked that, and Gandalf replied, ours is not to ask why now or why us, but to do what we can with the task that has been given us. I have also thought that during the darkest days, I ask why, why this, why close this door to me? Looking back on that time, I see that another door was opened to me when one closed. I was so tied up in the first door closing that I didn't *see* the second one opening. Just take heart that it is during the darkest days that we are closest to God for he does not forsake us, but loves us. My prayers go out to you and your family - Tokyo Steve Seth, when I am faced with situtations like yourself, (and trust me I am in one right now), I always take faith in the idea of surrendering to God. We can’t begin to try to understand all of him or his plans, we can know his love, and we can have faith in his love, and that I think is part of surrendering. Whenever a door closes and I think why? or why now? I think of things like in Lords of the Rings when Frodo asked that, and Gandalf replied, ours is not to ask why now or why us, but to do what we can with the task that has been given us.

I have also thought that during the darkest days, I ask why, why this, why close this door to me? Looking back on that time, I see that another door was opened to me when one closed. I was so tied up in the first door closing that I didn’t *see* the second one opening. Just take heart that it is during the darkest days that we are closest to God for he does not forsake us, but loves us.

My prayers go out to you and your family - Tokyo Steve

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