In Christ Alone

As many of you have read in our newsletter, the past few weeks or so has been anything but ideal, at least in our earthly human perspective of things. The miscarriage, the car that will not sell, and the various other things, all seem to just add up. Even this past week, Cade came down with rota virus, and ran a little fever for the first time. The fact that he was so sick and wanted to cuddle was cute, but everything we had to clean up wasn't so much. Then Monica got sick, while Cade was still sick. Ugh, talk about a momentum killer. When two out of three are ill, things just are not looking up. Everyone is better now, and although Cade continues to chew on everything in sight, which i just know will get him sick again, Monica and I are doing our best to try and restrain ourselves from doing the same : ).
On top of this, we have just experienced alot of disappointment from people. It just seems for whatever reason, many of the people we are meeting with and talking to, have just seemed to shut down to us, or even begun to judge us. While we understand that our lives are out on display with what we are doing, it is tough to handle sometimes. This whole support raising thing is really interesting on so many levels. The growth it causes. The necessity to depend on God however, is the greatest.
Tonight I sat down with my guitar and started playing a new praise song, that sounds like an old hymn, In Christ Alone. It is so beautifully written, and right to the point. With all that is happening, with all of the people essentially letting us down, it is so amazing to know where our power and strength reside. The last line of the song says,
Til he returns, or calls me home
here in the power of christ i'll stand
And that is what we must do, until it is all over, until we are in His presence, no matter what, we must look to Him as our strength and our power. I encourge everyone to check out the lyrics to that song online, they are quite powerful.
Thank you everyone so much for your prayers, and all that you do. Continue to also lift up the people of Central Asia in your prayers. It breaks my heart to know that so many people walk daily in darkness overthere. When i sit and think about it, i am further resigned to doing whatever it takes to get there sooner. Not just for the sake of these peoples souls, but for the ultimate and boundless glory it will bring the Father. It is His glory we work for. It is His glory that we boast in, it is Him and only Him, and praise HIm that He is worthy of so much!