"God will answer His pleading people in their anguish. He has wonders in store for them. What they have never seen, heard of, or dreamed of, He will do for them. He will invent new blessings if needful. He will ransack sea and land to feed them: He will send every angel out of heaven to succor them, if their distress requires it. He will astound us with His grace and make us feel that it was never before done in this fashion. All He asks of us is that we will call upon Him. He cannot ask less of us. Let us cheerfully render Him our prayers at once."
Charles Spurgeon,
Faith's Checkbook
Dear friends,
Thinking a lot today about the accident of November 8, 2009... The above quote by Sturgeon is so true. He has ransacked sea and land to feed us with hope when we have despaired. He has seen us through fire and flood and the unthinkable peril of a missing child. Indeed, let us cheerfully render Him our prayers at once. No, we do not pretend there is no pain, no sorrow. But we believe we are small. That so much joy and glory are now hidden, veiled by this present darkness. This present darkness, which because of the blood of Christ, will be terrorized and utterly destroyed by light and life. These light, momentary trials are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Because of these profound truths, joy abounds. Because of Jesus, we live, we pilgrims. He will - he does - astound us with his grace, here and in the life to come.
Your friend on the pilgrim road,
Loriann
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