May 16th -- You Can Depend on His Word
On My 15th my daughter and wife sat in the CCU of Children's Hospital Boston. Our granddaughter was in critical condition facing an artificial heart transplant surgery the next day.
God led Laura and Jan to the same passage of Scripture in John 4:46-53
with the hopes that maybe God would heal Lindsay like he did this man's son. When the man inquired of Jesus when his child was healed Jesus told him it was at 1:00 PM. That was to be the time of Lindsay's surgery! Laura and Jan hung on to this promise depending on God and His Word.
We woke early on May 16th and headed to Lindsay's room. She was in very critical condition and the surgery was called off. The doctors told the kids that there really wasn't anything more they could do.
Time does not permit me to tell all that God did in that cubicle on the 8th floor of Children's Hospital in Boston. But at 1:00 PM, God gave our precious Lindsay Bear Groen her new heart! When the doctor pronounced that Lindsay was "home with Jesus," my daughter looked at my wife and said, "God did exactly what He promised. He healed Lindsay at 1:00 PM."
Robert, Joyce and Jordan Hayes recently recorded this song on their new CD -- LIFE IS PRECIOUS. I am holding on today to these words as we think of Lindsay today, the second anniversary of her homegoing:
The skies growing darker as the evening draws near,
Store clouds have gathered and shadows are gone.
When all hope has faded replaced now with fear,
Tell me what can we depend on?
We can depend on His Word,
When all hope is gone,
We can still depend on,
We can depend on His Word!
When troubles grow deeper, and the desert is dry,
And our hearts are so broken -- that we can't even cry
When our faith is wounded and our joy is gone,
Tell me what we can depend on?
When the rain comes and the pain comes,
And we know that it will!
We can still trust -- He is still just the same! He still calls us by name!
When our faith is wounded and our joy is gone
Tell me what can we depend on?
We can depend on His Word,
When all home is gone,
We can still depend on, we can depend on His Word!
This year the grieving has been harder than the first year. But we don't sorrow like those who have no hope! Despite the tears, the pain, the missing of Lindsay, we are very thankful as a family that WE CAN DEPEND ON HIS WORD!
I don't know what you are facing today, but I do know this -- when all hope is gone -- YOU CAN DEPEND ON HIS WORD! Lindsay Bear -- Pop-pop loves you a bushel and a peck -- a barrel and a heap, and I still talk in my sleep about you! I love you, Bear. -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK
Digging Deeper: Proverbs 16; 2 Kings 24-25; John 5:1-24
Dig This Quote: The way to grow in holiness is to be around people more holy than ourselves. We hear their stray comments and absorb their judgment of what's important. We listen to their prayers and find that God is bigger than we'd thought. Oswald Chambers
Determined Digging: Level 1: Proverbs 5:12; Level 2: Psalm 86:11-13
On My 15th my daughter and wife sat in the CCU of Children's Hospital Boston. Our granddaughter was in critical condition facing an artificial heart transplant surgery the next day.
God led Laura and Jan to the same passage of Scripture in John 4:46-53
with the hopes that maybe God would heal Lindsay like he did this man's son. When the man inquired of Jesus when his child was healed Jesus told him it was at 1:00 PM. That was to be the time of Lindsay's surgery! Laura and Jan hung on to this promise depending on God and His Word.
We woke early on May 16th and headed to Lindsay's room. She was in very critical condition and the surgery was called off. The doctors told the kids that there really wasn't anything more they could do.
Time does not permit me to tell all that God did in that cubicle on the 8th floor of Children's Hospital in Boston. But at 1:00 PM, God gave our precious Lindsay Bear Groen her new heart! When the doctor pronounced that Lindsay was "home with Jesus," my daughter looked at my wife and said, "God did exactly what He promised. He healed Lindsay at 1:00 PM."
Robert, Joyce and Jordan Hayes recently recorded this song on their new CD -- LIFE IS PRECIOUS. I am holding on today to these words as we think of Lindsay today, the second anniversary of her homegoing:
The skies growing darker as the evening draws near,
Store clouds have gathered and shadows are gone.
When all hope has faded replaced now with fear,
Tell me what can we depend on?
We can depend on His Word,
When all hope is gone,
We can still depend on,
We can depend on His Word!
When troubles grow deeper, and the desert is dry,
And our hearts are so broken -- that we can't even cry
When our faith is wounded and our joy is gone,
Tell me what we can depend on?
When the rain comes and the pain comes,
And we know that it will!
We can still trust -- He is still just the same! He still calls us by name!
When our faith is wounded and our joy is gone
Tell me what can we depend on?
We can depend on His Word,
When all home is gone,
We can still depend on, we can depend on His Word!
This year the grieving has been harder than the first year. But we don't sorrow like those who have no hope! Despite the tears, the pain, the missing of Lindsay, we are very thankful as a family that WE CAN DEPEND ON HIS WORD!
I don't know what you are facing today, but I do know this -- when all hope is gone -- YOU CAN DEPEND ON HIS WORD! Lindsay Bear -- Pop-pop loves you a bushel and a peck -- a barrel and a heap, and I still talk in my sleep about you! I love you, Bear. -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK
Digging Deeper: Proverbs 16; 2 Kings 24-25; John 5:1-24
Dig This Quote: The way to grow in holiness is to be around people more holy than ourselves. We hear their stray comments and absorb their judgment of what's important. We listen to their prayers and find that God is bigger than we'd thought. Oswald Chambers
Determined Digging: Level 1: Proverbs 5:12; Level 2: Psalm 86:11-13
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