Helen,
Thank you so much for sharing these thoughts.  What a beautiful 
testimony to your dependance upon our savior.  See, that's why I'm so 
glad that you are back.  We will be blessed by these nuggets from you again.
Kathy


At 05:21 PM 9/14/2006, you wrote:
>Phil, this is a beautiful, yet sad story, and I praise the Lord with 
>you that you can now look back and see that Jesus was there all the 
>while.  When you said this at the end of your message;  " Is Jesus 
>there for you?  Does He stand in the places that hurt or that are 
>fearful or that are sad?"  My immediate response was "Yes, Jesus 
>does stand in all the places of hurt and sadness in my life, and He 
>is in the process of renewing my mind in some areas where the hurts 
>are most recent.   For example, my sister is in a nursing home for 
>Alzheimer patients, not knowing her family, and doesn't seem to even 
>remember the Lord Jesus she loves so dearly.  Today is her birthday, 
>and I wept quietly as I thought of her and the years of our 
>childhood and later, and how I have missed her so much.  I knew she 
>wouldn't even realize who I was, but I phoned her anyway, and talked 
>of names, places, and events from our happy years, hoping she would 
>remember me.  She didn't need my phone call to wish her a happy 
>birthday, but I needed it........I needed to tell her I love her and miss her.
>And Jesus was right here with me, and with her, reminding me of 
>something I wrote to my cousin recently:  My total dependence on the 
>Grace of God is my spiritual and emotional strength, and that is 
>what makes my life worth living.  My inner Life is bound up with His 
>by His Spirit, and I trust Him that whatever has been and what will 
>be, is in His will for me, and He wills nothing for me except what 
>is for my benefit.  It may not look like it to the natural eye right 
>now, but I know that it is Truth!  And this I know for my dear sister as well.
>Where she is has been ordained by God, and He has willed nothing for 
>her except what is for her benefit.  And I praise Him that He is 
>here even now as the tears drop onto the keyboard.........yes, He is 
>here standing in the place that hurts and is so sad.
>
>In His Love,
>Helen
>
>Earlier you wrote:
>>Hitting The Nail On The Head
>>
>>
>>By Phil Scovell
>
>"Freedom in Christ is not just absence of bondage, but the presence of
>Life."