God's Chariot
In just a few minutes, Cathy and I are leaving for Duluth, where she will have surgery on her pancreas. Please pray for her.
If all goes well, it will just be an outpatient procedure, and we will be home tonight. There is a possibility, however, that there will be complications, requiring hospitalization for a few days.
I'm reminded me of what Hannah Whitehall Smith said about life's difficult trials:
We may make out of each event in our lives either a Juggernaut car to crush us, or a chariot in which to ride to heights of victory. It all depends upon how we take them; whether we lie down under our trials and let them roll over and crush us, or whether we climb up into them as into a chariot, and make them carry us triumphantly onward and upward.
Get into your chariot, then. Take each thing that is wrong in your life as God's chariot for you. No matter who the builder of the wrong may be, whether men or devils, by the time it reaches your side it is God's chariot for you, and is meant to carry you to a heavenly place of triumph. Shut out all the second causes, and find the Lord in it. Say, "Lord, open my eyes that I may see, not the visible enemy, but thy unseen chariots of deliverance."
This is great insight in approaching life's encounters. A lot of what we experience is based on our attitude. We can allow ourselves to be steamrolled or we can step aside and go on down the road; learning from our mis-step. I have been praying for you both today and will look forward to hearing a good report.
ReplyDeleteMark and Cathy,
ReplyDeleteJust a note on behalf of your staff that we love you both and will ride the chariot with you. Mark, thanks for being the kind of leader that let's us into your life and allows us to share in your sorrow, joy, victories and defeats. That's what the community of God is for. Give Cathy a big hug!