Prayer for Faith

God provided an wonderful encouragement to our faith this morning by way of a sermon by Paul Wolfe on Habakkuk 3:17-19.

Habakkuk 3:17 "Though the
fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
19 God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like the deer's;
he makes me tread on my high places."

It is tempting for us to think sometimes that God has "stepped over the line" if you will. That the hand we have been dealt is just too hard. That He has given us more than we can take. But in reality He hasn't done so. He promised not to give us more than we can handle. He doesn't want us to put our ultimate satisfaction in anything other than Him, as this passage points out. So Christen is dealing with cancer, and all the painful things the treatment brings about, and the rest of us have the pain of watching her go through it, and not knowing what the future holds, and having had life thrown on it's head in many respects.
Please pray for Christen, and for each of us, that we will have the faith and spirit that Habakkuk had.

An update on Christen's situation: she is still in the hospital, her chest scan was clear, but now we are dealing with a likely intestinal infection which will delay her release from the hospital. She has slept most of the day from the meds that she is being given. She also had a blood transfusion today to help her oxygen level. Pray that she will be able to come home tomorrow.

Debbie and Christen have really enjoyed the visitors. The hospital stays get more difficult every time, so the visitors really help.


Steve & Debbie