Faithfulness

Faithfulness: we talk about it a lot, but how often do we realize how much of our daily lives depend on the faithfulness of God?

Two powerful examples.
1. A brother at our church went in to the hospital last week with pancreatitis. He had been having trouble with his gall bladder for nearly a year, but his doctors were always reluctant to remove it. Well, finally, after much prayer, they found a doctor who said, "Absolutely, take it out." He is now recovering and looks forward to a relatively pain free life. Now in this case, there was a lot of human bumbling and hesitation, but God protected Brother D. through it and there are no lasting side effects (we hope).

2. More pleasant is the fact that we had three graduations in the family this past week. Seth's middle sister and my youngest siblings (twins) all graduated from high school. We were able to make it over to see my folks and celebrate with the family (sorry, Seth's folks. Maybe for youngest sister), and it is amazing how grown up my brother and sister are. They are respectful and responsible young adults. And I remember when they were born. Eighteen years of provision and good parenting has turned them into markers for Christ. God is good.