CHECKING MY IN BOX

I HAVE TWO DEAR FRIENDS WHO ARE BATTLING CANCER.

LATELY THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN TOO WEAK TO REPLY TO MY E-MAILS OR CALLS.
I LEAVE MESSAGES. I SAY, “I AM CONCERNED ABOUT YOU. I E-MAILED YOU, CALLED AND LEFT MESSAGES ON YOUR PHONE, SENT WORD THROUGH WRITTEN WORDS ON CARDS, SENT LOVE THROUGH FRIENDS……STILL, NO REPLY.”

MY HEART IS BROKEN FOR THEM AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM. TO HEAR THEIR VOICES....TO LET THEM KNOW I LOVE THEM AND AM HERE FOR THEM. TO ASK THEM HOW I CAN COME ALONG SIDE THEM IN ANY WAY!

DO YOU THINK GOD FEELS THE SAME WAY SOMETIMES?
HE GOES TO MEASURES WE CAN NOT EVEN SEE TO REACH OUR HEARTS AND STILL, NO REPLY.

YESTERDAY I HEARD FROM BOTH OF THEM. PAM’S DAUGHTER E-MAILED ME TO SAY MY SWEET FRIEND IS TOO SICK TO TALK, WRITE, RESPOND. I KNOW HER HEART. I KNOW HOW MUCH SHE DEPENDS ON HER PRECIOUS SAVIOR TO CARRY HER. HER WORDS OF DAYS AGO SPEAK TO MY HEART AND I CAN PRAY FOR PEACE FOR HER NOW.

JUDY, MY OTHER PRECIOUS FRIEND, ANSWERED THE PHONE YESTERDAY WHEN I CALLED TO LEAVE A VOICEMAIL. I WAS ELATED TO HEAR HER VOICE AND LISTEN TO HER SAY HOW THE LORD HAD CARRIED HER THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT HOSPITAL STAY BUT SHE WAS IMPROVING DAILY. HER COUNTS ARE UP AND MY JOY IS UP TOO!!!

I AM THANKFUL I HAVE A SAVIOR WHO IS ALWAYS LISTENING FOR MY CALL, ALWAYS CALLING ME TO DRAW NEAR TO HIM AND LISTEN TO HIS HEART. HE HAS SENT WRITTEN WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND LOVE TO ME THROUGH THE BIBLE. HE IS THERE FOR MY FRIENDS AND THAT GIVES ME COMFORT.

WE ALWAYS HAVE A MESSAGE IN OUR IN BOX FROM HIM….. HE IS THERE AND EXCITED WHEN WE LISTEN AND RESPOND.

I AM PRAYING FOR BOTH OF MY DEAR FRIENDS, PAM AND JUDY, AND ASK YOU TO ALSO
PRAY. THIS SILO COVERED IN WISTERIA WAS TAKEN NEAR JUDY’S HOME. SHE IS IN MINNESOTA NOW AND CAN’T SEE ALL OF GOD’S GLORY GROWING NEAR HER HOME HER IN NEWNAN. IN FACT, THEY HAD 10 INCHES OF SNOW LAST WEEK.

I CALL IT GROW DEEP AND HIGH - HOPE STORED AND GROWING FOR US ALL. HANG ON!!!!

OFF TO CHECK MY IN BOX!