This last Sunday night, seeing my precious sweetheart driven away in an ambulance with a suspected heart attack is… well… though I might try to express what I felt in words, I really don’t think I can. That would be too hard a task, for sure.
I can say that there was no loud heroic kind of proclamation on my part. No one around me (the medical aids and nurses) could hear a word I said. At that moment, all I could muster was a very softly spoken cry of desperation. With teary eyes, I simply mumbled, “God, please help!”
Just three words. That was all I could do.
And yet, I can say this without fear of contradiction – even though the words were few, they were as heartfelt as any words I have ever prayed in my lifetime.
“God… please… help!” Each word, I believe, was precious to the Lord. And best of all, dear ones, the Lord in His great kindness heard my cry. He sustained Linda’s heart and she is still with me today. How thankful I am. Thank you God! Thank You!
The Lord sees my fragile frame and knows I am but dust. He knows, dear ones, He knows. He knows us through and through!
How infinite is His love. How infinite His care!
There is no real update to share other than what was shared already: it is NOT believed that Linda suffered a heart attack. We are so grateful for the Lord’s care and mercy in this. The next step is that Linda should see a heart specialist ASAP to determine what happened. We are still seeking to schedule this and value your prayers.
A verse that means more to me now than it did even a week ago is this one, found in Psalm 73:26: My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
That’s something to think about isn’t it? The Psalmist’s words are an acknowledgement that God alone sustains us. While good nutrition and a whole list of other things can be MEANS to God’s ends in sustaining us, this statement is true for us every moment of our lives. He alone can and does sustain us.
On some days we are more conscious of this fact than on other days but it is true at all times nonetheless. God sustains our hearts. Truly our lives are in His hands. He not only sustains the physical heart, He is the inheritance (portion) of His redeemed people.
Proverbs 13:22 says, “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.” God has left the best possible inheritance to us, that inheritance being God Himself. This inheritance, we will enjoy, not merely for a short time, but for eternity. He is our portion forever.
THE GOSPEL BRINGS US TO GOD
1 Peter 3:18 says, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God…”
Think on those words with me… “that He might bring us to God.” The goal of the gospel is God Himself, that we might be brought to Him. In the gospel, all hindrances, all roadblocks, all that could stop us getting to Him…. to knowing and enjoying Him forever… are, through the death of Christ for us, removed forever! Hallelujah!
Brothers and sisters, here is something that will do your heart good. Shane and Shane and Joni Eareckson Tada team up in this 6 minute video and the result is very God honoring and glorifying:
Enjoy!
May God bless you REAL good, dear ones.
Pastor John