My friend, if
you’re IN it, you are equipped to handle it.
In 2002, The Taipei
Times reported the heroic story of a Chinese mother. In 1972, her
two-year-old boy, Hu Jen-chuan, fell from a table and went into a coma.
Six days later, he awakened from his coma but was unable to talk or move
independently. As any caring parent would have been, his mother was
terribly distressed. Her sorrow was greatly multiplied by the fact that she
could not afford professional medical care for her son.
Instead, she has
cared for Hu herself, demonstrating the unfathomable depth of mother-love.
Because he was unable to move, Hu readily developed terrible bed-sores.
So for the past thirty years, his mother has done the unbelievable.
Rather than always leave her son in his bed, she has carried him around on her
back.
When this news
story was written, Liu, the mother, was 65 years old and weighed 40 kilograms
(88 pounds). Her son, by then a grown man, weighed 82 kilograms (180
pounds). On many occasions Liu has fallen and fractured bones while
carrying her son. Yet she continued to carry him. When asked how
she could do it, her reply was simply this: “He ain’t heavy; he’s my
son.” Hers is a phenomenal reservoir of love, courage and inner strength!
We are assured in
The Word that God will not allow us to personally experience more than we able
to bear. (I Corinthians 10:13) Undoubtedly, our capacity to endure is
immeasurably strengthened by His presence. (Philippians 4:13) So instead
of succumbing to doubt or defeat, we will resolve to reassess and refocus our
problem, pressure, or pain – and to “count it all joy” – knowing that
Jehovah-Shammah is there. (James 1:2-4 – Ezekiel 48:35)
Sisters
and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU
ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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