Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Historical QT 11 Nov 1987, Our witness requires our observation

Acts 2:47 …  praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

NOTE: This is what it will take to win people to the Lord in this new age. We need a witness which is so overwhelming and so positive that it draws people to us to find out what makes us different. Lord, I pray in the years ahead, that you give my family and I that type of witness -- and bring many through us to yourself. Amen.

((TODAY, 5 Jul 2012: It is still early in the morning, that 11 Nov 87. The birth will not occur until 11pm later in the day. At this point, we still believed that everything would be alright, that God had answered our prayer for healing. The shock that would confront us was unimaginable.  God did use our story as a witness for many years and to many people. And we learned the importance of compassion toward others--not to be so inwardly focused. We learned that people are out there hurting and we never noticed. We were about to be confronted with pain and suffering at a level far beyond our understanding, and many around us would never notice either. The world is full of pain and hurt, do we stop and notice?))
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