Oh the Pain!

Hello dear friends! It's been a while. The nook I'm living in is pretty sweet, I must admit. God is good and He works all things for good. My brother Joey is in the behavioral hospital again until the 16th. I'll spare you the details, but please pray for God to grant him repentance and a new heart that lives and beats for Him. Pray for me to not lose heart, and not tire of well doing especially when it comes to my dear family.

Surrender has taken on a whole new meaning in my life. I have seen how I hand things over to God and then take them back, and hand them over, and then take them back again. As if I could handle them better than the Creator of the universe and Sustainer of our souls can! "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not on your own understanding Cella." How long will it take for me to get it? Praise God for His lovingkindness that endures forever!

Regardless of how I feel right now, I'm joyful. At this morning's staff meeting here at Grace to You our managing director read a passage out of Revelation 21...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."

There is much to look forward to.

"Oh, for holiness!
Oh for more of God in my soul!
Oh this pleasing pain!
It makes my soul press after God."

David Brainerd