Many of you have heard I got a great report from the doctor Tuesday. One year after a stem cell transplant, blood and bone marrow show no sign of cancer. We praise God and thank you again for so many prayers.
Last night I sat in a circle of believers discussing the invitation of God to enter a Strong Tower. A beautiful wife and mother of four young children learned last week that she has breast cancer. The one who spoke the most encouraging words in our time of sharing was this one who has just entered a fiery trial. Her words of faith came from deep places of the heart. We know Jesus is the Strong Tower and He often whispers precious truths to tender hearts.
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” When a child of God makes such a statement, I feel I can face any challenge. How we need each other! When we’re strong, we know we are to support the weak. But listen to the weak… sometimes they will make you stronger.
On the way home last night, six-year-old John pointed out the window and said, “That’s the kind of cloud God’s going to come through. Look! There’s the foot of the Lord!” I looked up to see two huge clouds outline the shape of a giant foot. Wow. What if I saw the ‘foot of the Lord’ all the time? I told some students today, “This time last year I was probably throwing up. Today, I’m celebrating a good report from the doctor. When was God with me?” The answer, of course, is: “Yes!” He is there! He never deserts… He never fails… He never sleeps. We may not sense His presence all the time. We may question a lot of things. We may go through such sorrow and pain that we can’t even think clearly. But He is there… a Refuge, a Strong Tower. So let us encourage one another constantly. Let us bear one another’s burdens. Let us mourn with those that mourn and rejoice with those that rejoice. And let us keep our “eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.”
“The Name of the Lord is a Strong Tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” Proverbs 18:10