tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35753836.post8317968135435537485..comments2023-06-15T05:53:31.084-04:00Comments on Pray For Ian: Driving in the fogPray for Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095009101061000235noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35753836.post-46284709028066875332007-05-18T21:55:00.000-04:002007-05-18T21:55:00.000-04:00Ho, boy, Steve!I know that road...I used to work f...Ho, boy, Steve!<BR/>I know that road...I used to work for a company in Altoona (while living here) and Joe and I went up there once for my company's Christmas party. Yeah, in December when it gets dark at, what, about 5:00? It was absolutely, the most treacherous ride of my life! It was dark and foggy like I had never experienced before. I actually wanted to turn around and come back home...but that would have meant driving through the fog AGAIN and we had come too far to turn back.<BR/>You are so right, physically and spiritually. It is at those times where we have to stay the course and focus on the reliable markers to get us through.<BR/>What a wonderful "marker" we have in God's Word! Such rich promises, such valuable treasures to be mined from deep searching! Thank you so much for reminding us of that. You are indeed fighting the good fight of faith!<BR/><BR/>Still praying!<BR/><BR/>Mary Ann K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35753836.post-81977067604278506982007-05-18T20:04:00.000-04:002007-05-18T20:04:00.000-04:00I can't believe how much your words express what m...I can't believe how much your words express what my heart is also going through...though I believe you are doing it much more gracefully. I can leave my hotel room in the AM, after devotions, humming the doxolgy, and by the time I get to HMC I am totally involved in some road rage amd/or elevator rage! "I do the very thing I do not want to do". I am so grateful for His beautiful Word...it is truly a lamp for our feet (now, if I could stop blowing it out!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35753836.post-86142527749413258802007-05-18T12:21:00.000-04:002007-05-18T12:21:00.000-04:00Steve - What an excellent analogy! Thanks for shar...Steve - What an excellent analogy! Thanks for sharing it. I am praying this day that Ian will speak. -timAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35753836.post-27730375336526210322007-05-18T10:02:00.000-04:002007-05-18T10:02:00.000-04:00Steve,The Lord has gifted you with taking every da...Steve,<BR/>The Lord has gifted you with taking every day circumstances to reveal an awesome truth about Himself and the way He cares for us at all times. I am so thankful for His unending supply of grace to those who belong to Him! I was just reading Luke 2 this week and was just so taken aback by a definition of grace that I found: "divine influence upon the heart and its reflection in the life". Your family's lives are so reflecting God's glory. All of you have been able to point people to the Savior upon each entry of this blog. Only God's amazing grace could allow you and your family to shine so brightly for Him in the midst of this trial. Only He could influence people's hearts so greatly when the road is rough. "Now unto Him Who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end, Amen." (Ephesians 3:20-21)<BR/>Praying with you and the family,<BR/>Chris PusateriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35753836.post-25611511664413524202007-05-18T00:34:00.000-04:002007-05-18T00:34:00.000-04:00Once again, you're able to draw a picture with you...Once again, you're able to draw a picture with your words of what it's like to follow the Lord, especially when life isn't going the way that we expected it to. It reminds me of Jesus's words about the way of salvation is narrow, but the road to destruction is wide. The road we follow is so very narrow and treachery lies everywhere; especially in our own hearts, just like you said. We're so tempted and so weak and it's so easy to let our attention drift away from the lines that the Lord has drawn so clearly on the road for us. Thank you for such an apt and accurate description of what our lives our like: if we watch carefully and stay, prayerfully, within the lines, our hearts and minds are safe. If we become inattentive and let our attention wander from the Lord and His ways, there are holes and pits that we fall into, and they can be very hard to get out of. I'd rather stay out of them altogether.<BR/><BR/>I so appreciate the way you describe, in a few words, what your life is like, and then bring our focus back to the One who keeps us safe and secure on the road to Heaven. I'm praying for big things for Ian. I think that that must be o.k., because our God is big and powerful beyond our comprehension. I praise Him for every miracle, and I'm expecting great things from Him.<BR/><BR/>Please keep telling us what the Lord is showing you. We need it and your instruction is very powerful.<BR/><BR/>kristiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com