John
15:2 (NIV) He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every
branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
NOTE: Pruning is a process that hurts. It's not
just the dead things which are pruned but also the living. Sometimes the
pruning process makes no sense. In the case of flowers, the best buds may be
pruned off so that the flower grows even better and more beautiful. In our
life, Sharon and I, God seems to be doing some major pruning -- it hurts a lot.
Not only does it hurt, it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. I'm not sure why
Luke has to suffer so much. I know that suffering on earth is insignificant
compared to the suffering of those that do not know God. God sees eternity, he
is not fooled by the temporal as I am. He truly does know what is best for me,
Sharon, Sarah, and Luke. I hope and pray that our attitudes and actions glorify
him during this time. Lord, help us to rejoice during these trials and
tribulations. Help us to grow deeper in our relationship to you. We do love
you; even more so we know that you love us. You know our needs, you will
provide, and you will bring about the best for our lives. That is your promise. Thanks! Amen.
((Today, 5 Jul 2012:
On 11 Nov 1987, Veterans day, Luke was born in Dayton Ohio at the
Wright-Patterson AFB military hospital. He had a tracheal web with a 1 mm hole
blocking the air flow through his trachea. His stomach and esophagus were not
connected. He was missing the corpus callosum in the brain. The bones in the
head had already fused and would require surgery. He had fluid pockets in the
brain (I think they were anterior). He was medevac'ed, within the day, to San
Antonio Texas, to the neo-natal intensive care unit at Wilford Hall. We (Sharon
and I) did not travel with him. Sharon had an emergency C-section and could not
be moved. I had to take care of our
two-year old daughter. We would follow on the next available flight, seven days
later. We were told years later by Nurses on the flight who remembered our
unusual name, that Luke had almost died on the flight. He received an emergency
tracheotomy upon arrival at Wilford Hall. So begins the journey that would
forever change our lives …))
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