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June 13, 2005
June 13, 8:00 am
it will be 3 weeks today that asher had his accident. his nurse told me a few minutes ago that his vitals are stable this morning, but his temperature is 103.6. this is the highest it has been in almost 2 weeks. his blood count is also low. it has been low since his operation, but marginal as far as giving him more blood. he had 4 pints during his last operation. they are considering whether to give him more blood today to see if they can get his blood count up.
this morning when i woke up i, again, felt a great weight weighing me down. reading some of the emails that were sent in the night, has really lifted my spirit. since asher's fall there have been many words spoken to us about healing and restoration as well as dreams where asher is whole again. over the last several nights i have read passages of scripture in the new testament where God uses the example of the widow to speak to us about perseverance and faith. the first example is about the widow that keeps going to the judge and asking him for protection (luke 18). this judge did not fear God, but because of the widow's persistence he finally gave in to her. it goes on to say that will not God give justice to his elect who cry out night and day to him?
the next passage is also in luke, luke 21. it talks about the widow who placed 2 mites on the altar, which was all the money she had in the world. Jesus spoke of what great faith she had in doing this and that much would be accomplished through such faith. he contrasted this with those who give out of their surplus, which really costs them nothing. in the old testament there is a passage, i believe it was concerning david, where someone offered to provide him with a sacrifice to offer up to God, but he said that he would not make a sacrifice to God that did not cost him anything.
in the passages following this account of the widow who gave all that she had in Luke 21, some who were with Him began to make comments about the great beauty of the temple, and Jesus' reply to these comments were that the days were coming when one stone would not be left upon another.
for the past 20 years the Lord has taught me more than i can possibly express through the example of the deep and abiding faith that i have witnessed again and again through the lives of so many of the widows that i have had the privilege of serving. they have taught me about perseverance, they have taught me about trust and abiding daily in the Lord. and for the past 20 years i have marveled at the fact that just as everyone ooverlooked the significance of the account of the widow who gives all that she has at the altar when Jesus was in the temple with his disciples, because they were so taken by the beauty of the temple, without fail, i have found this to also be true in the Church today. in my spirit i hear the Lord saying that the days are coming soon, because we have withheld so much that God has blessed us with in order to be a comfort to those whose lives that are filled with great pain and suffering, that no stone will be left upon another.
Lord may we not be satisfied by the offering and sacrifices given unto you that cost us nothing.
following the example of the widows,
andy mendonsa
| By Andy Mendonsa | 2:02 PM
