“Vigorous, Grateful Faith”

Our friend, Catherine Morris, sent us this quote from Tim Keller last night:

“Sometimes God seems to be killing us when He is actually saving us–to follow God in such circumstances seems to some to be blind faith, but it is actually vigorous, grateful faith.”

Keller is one of those guys who continually points me to the beauty and the difficulty of authentically believing the Gospel. If you have not read or listened to Tim Keller, I would encourage you to do so by clicking here.

Ok, so we are going home today. We began this journey almost two weeks ago with the tension of hope and doubt. As we head home to Tryon, we take the same tension with us. Luke no longer has the colostomy bag, which is a good thing. However, his colon is still not working as God has designed colons to work. We will have to insert a rectal tube every few days to get the stool out. Perhaps that is only a temporary thing, but we just don’t know. Even though we are about to leave the hospital, Luke’s disability continues. Please continue to pray for his colon to “wake up”.

On a brighter note, I am ending these most recent blogs with three clips below. The first one is a clip of Enzo the Clown (I say he is a clown), coming to Luke’s room this past Thursday and goofing around. The last two of are of Jack, who has been with friends the entire time we have been here. For months, Jack has been asking for a double light saber and thanks to Patrick Harmon, who bought Luke one, I bought Jack one. At the same time Jack get his double light saber, his first tooth fell out. Oh, the memories.

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