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, his mother was terrible
distressed. Her sorrow was greatly multiplied by the fact that she could
not afford professional medical care for her son.
Instead, she cared for
Hu Jen-chuan herself, demonstrating the unfathomable depth of mother-love.
Because he was unable to move, Hu Jen-chuan was liable to get 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 story was
written, the mother, Liu Kuei-lan, 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.” That is a phenomenal level of 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 resolve to reassess and refocus any 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 YOUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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