Message | Dear Deron and Jan, You and your dear family are in my thoughts and prayers so often throughout each day. I'm trusting the Lord for you each of you, that includes His plan and purposes for all that you are going through even though it is impossible for our human minds to comprehend and understand. I keep going back to a writing that I came across a number of years ago and just feel led to share it with you--maybe I already have-don't remember, but just in case,I have not before now, will share it anyway. It was written by Alan Redpath who I believe was a Christian missionary to Africa. He wrote: "There is nothing-no circumstances, no trouble, and no testing, that can ever touch me until first of all it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose which I may not understand at the moment. But as I refuse to become panicky, as I lift my eyes to Him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart--no sorrow will ever disarm me, no circumstance will cause me to fret--for I shall rest in the joy of all my Lord is--and that is the rest of victory"!!! May you be once again encouraged by HIM today. Because of Jesus, Bev |