There is Nothing

"there is no wilderness, no desert place, no sickness. there is no sinking ship, no history, no weakness that you can't save me from."-rush of fools

it is with a heart and soul filled with so many mixed emotions that i write tonight. as many of you have heard already courteney, shane's sister, has a mass in her brain that will have to be removed. to say that this news has brought overwhelming despair upon the family would not explain the extent to which we are all hurting. we are all so precious to one another in this family and while i am so thankful for that, as one can imagine, when one suffers, we all suffer.

despite the pain i personally feel i am trying remain faithful to the Father. God has not gone to sleep, He has not taken a vacation, He has not turned His back on us. He is here, with courteney, with us. over and over in scripture we hear about God healing the sick, performing miracles and yet..."oh ye of little faith." as it says in the words of the song from above, there is nothing that the Lord can't save us from. nothing! not everything but bankruptcy, nothing! not everything but a broken marriage, nothing! not everything but cancer, nothing! nothing! there is nothing He can't save us from! He has overcome the world! His hand is on courteney and His perfect will is working in our lives.

so while i ache so deeply for courteney i will lift my eyes to our maker, to our healer who already knows what the prayers of my heart are. He already knows that how much i love her, how much we all love her, but the beautiful thing about Christ is that He loves her more than any of us ever could with a love that is unfathomable to sinful humans. courteney has so much strength, such a love for life, and a faithful heart. she is such a blessing to me and all who are lucky enough to know her. i know she is going to get through this and all of us are going to be fighting right along with her. God is with our beloved and He is a God that saves; a God that heals.

Lord, i lift courteney's body up to you. i pray you will place your healing hand upon her. i pray you will send the Holy Spirit upon her heart and the hearts of this family. give us gracious, faithful and submissive hearts. give us strength and peace that we know can only come from You. we are wretched but so thankful for the grace that flows freely from you. thank you Father for your faithfulness, even when we are unfaithful. thank you for sending us your Son and giving us everlasting life through Him. it is in your Holy name i pray. amen.

peace and love.