Tuesday, August 16, 2005
The Goodness of God
"I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." Psalm 27:13
A positive outlook is needed. Good nutrition is necessary. Confidence in the doctors and treatments they prescribe is essential. But above all these things FAITH in the goodness of God is the cornerstone of our sojourn through this trial. When people ask me "How are you doing?" I often reply, "Hanging in there!" Not hanging by a thread, about to fall apart, not hanging onto a rope I've tied a knot into. No, I am hanging onto my faith in the goodness of God, no matter what.
We heard good news today...the doc actually said, "Maybe tomorrow we'll let you go home!" Still some more blood work to be done and they plan to draw more fluid off his abdomen. If all goes well, hopefully tomorrow Malcom can breathe something besides hosptial air!
Your prayers are effective. Keep up the good work!
A positive outlook is needed. Good nutrition is necessary. Confidence in the doctors and treatments they prescribe is essential. But above all these things FAITH in the goodness of God is the cornerstone of our sojourn through this trial. When people ask me "How are you doing?" I often reply, "Hanging in there!" Not hanging by a thread, about to fall apart, not hanging onto a rope I've tied a knot into. No, I am hanging onto my faith in the goodness of God, no matter what.
We heard good news today...the doc actually said, "Maybe tomorrow we'll let you go home!" Still some more blood work to be done and they plan to draw more fluid off his abdomen. If all goes well, hopefully tomorrow Malcom can breathe something besides hosptial air!
Your prayers are effective. Keep up the good work!
5 Comments:
Carol,
This is the kind of news we like to hear. I trust all goes well and you can take Malcom home with you in the morning !!
Blessings and love
Mary N
Praying Malcom gets to breathe fresh air tomorrow and will be feeling up to friend visitors soon, so i can come see you guys. This site is an a great thing, Rex and Luke and Paul and I read it together each night and then pray. Remember i love you all, keep on praising our awesome Lord. Love, Bev
I am glad Malcom is feeling better and home is in the plans. After reading your post today, I couldn't help but remember that "faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." "With God all things are possible."
We are praying.
Sue M
Dear Carol,
Fred and I so look forward to your updates. We love you and Malcom so much, and together with you two are calling and knowing our Great GOD will do "great and mighty things which we know not". The strength our LORD is giving you through HIS Word is blessing and strengthening all of us too.
Please let us know if there is anything we can do.
All our Love and Prayers,
Fred and Joyce
Dear teacher Carol,
I am glad that Pastor is better and he can go home. I got the blogger address from church and I always surf on the website. I often pray for him. I hope he can come back to Taiwan and play goft with me.
Our family are praying.
Ron (Rung-Ching Chen)
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