[OneAccord]

What a testimony of God's faithfulnes. I woke up early this morning and needed something to lift me up. Something to help me put things in perspective. Yesterday was April 6th, two minths since I watched my wife slip from this life into the next and it was an incredibly hard day. I tried to busy myself with putting down new flooring, but, it seemed, the more I did, the more I felt lost. A million miles from God. So I needed something... anything... to let me know God is still around. Then this appeared this morning....

Your words, Sister Alvear, has lifted my spirits, though I mourn with you over the loss of your mother. But, I also rejoice with you in the knowledge that she remained faithful to the the Lord and now, is with Him.

Of everything you wrote, what sticks in my mind more than anything was how blessed you felt to have a chair in the hospital. A chair. Those of us here in the states who have so much, who need so much, and sometimes demand even more, should take note of your thankfulness for a chair. We are given so much, and often fail to be thankful for what God does for us. IMO, you and your family set the standard of what it means to serve God. I know, you'll be quick to point out your faults. We all have them- I have more than my share of them- but, its your words,the tone of your words, and your faithfulness to God and to His people, that serves to teach us what it means to be a Christian.

Thank you, for reminding me that God hasn't forsaken us- and He never leaves us. And, if we'll just look, we'll see Him all around us. Even in a wooden chair.

Yesterday, the words to this song kept going thru my mind...

"I've come too far to look back
My feet have walked thru the valley,
I've climbed mountains, crossed rivers,
Desert places I've known

But I'm nearing the Home shore,
The redeemed are rejoicing,
Heavens angels are singing,
I've come too far to look back"