We all have problems…Jesus told us in John 16:33 that in this world we will have trouble…but also that we can take heart because HE has overcome the world.
Yet sometimes we forget how good He is because we get so focused on our circumstances.
Will and Kelly Rhodes are both on staff at NewSpring…they are an amazing couple who God is using in this church to impact thousands of lives. When you meet them you HAVE to like them…seriously.
About five months ago they found out they were going to have a baby…and so they’ve been doing the things that parents do to get ready for the arrival of their child…until…
Last week they got the news that their little girl was not going to be the “healthy baby” that they, along with others, had been praying for.
HOW in the world does one cope with that news?
We as a church have been praying for them and surrounding them with as much love and care as possible…and have NOT tried to explain what happened (because we can’t!)
So this morning I get up and read this post on Will’s blog about his perspective on the situation. (WARNING…YOU WILL NEED KLEENEX!) It blew me away and I thought, “ONLY JESUS can give a person THAT kind of strength!”
“Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” I Corinthians 15:54-58