The 4th on Pier 1
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5:27 PM
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
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Just like Sophia, you guys just keep "hanging on, ever so tightly"! It has been and will continue to be one "helluva ride", but it's worth every minute of every day. We love you!
Dear Joe & Laura:
When reading my Bible today, I found this encouraging verse to share with you:
(Hebrews 6:19) "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." The "hope" is referring to God's promise to Abraham and his heirs--His promise of hope to us! I love the idea of our hope being like an anchor that keeps us firmly gripped to the foundation of Christ.
In His love, Gaynor
Joe, I'm as guilty as Aaron's earlier post. I read and keep up with Ira, but just don't know what to say. I've often typed something and erased it not feeling it was what you needed to hear. I've never walked in your shoes and know I cannot say anything that would be of help to you. I've decided this evening that maybe it's not the words I write, but for you just to know I care. I believe Ira was born on Kelby's (My youngest) birthday, April 21st? I relive the days after his birth and compare it to what you are going through. It must just seem so overwhelming. I remember our 10 year high school reunion. You, Betsy (birthday also Apr. 21st), and I stayed up late and visited about lessons we had learned and the different cards life had dealt us. Wow, what the future held for you. The saying often goes aren't you glad you can't see into the future. You may feel differently on that saying now. I've felt guilty this summer on vacation knowing you're sitting in the hospital, the same as I felt the summer Jennie was in the hospital with Erik. What a beautiful lesson to watch on God's faithfulness. I imagine they spent many dark days, but now have a new heart and a new baby. I'm sure they would have never thought they would experience healing like that. I pray that eventually you too will know how they feel. Still praying for you and your family. Jodi Williams Barnes
Hello friends,
Just as some others have said, I have felt very inadequate to respond, and even as I do today, it is not my own words, but the words of Edith Schaeffer in her book, "What is Family?" I must tell you that as I go throughout my day (reading books or Scripture, listening to the radio, playing with my own children, etc.) I think of you often. In Mrs. Schaeffer's chapter entitled "A Shelter In the Time of Storm" she writes, "It is wrong for a child who is sick to think that he has done something he is being punished for, and it is terrible for a child to be afraid that God is punishing some sin because Daddy or Grandmother died. Yes, the abnormality in the world is a result of sin, but Jesus Himself said that sickness, blindness, lameness, and death are not by any means always a result of some sin in that person, nor is it a lack of faith. God hates the abnormality. It was His perfect Creation that was made abnormal by Satan's hideous subtlety."
Joe & Laura, you are teaching compassion! -to Sophia, your friends, your church and to me! And the rest of us "weep with you when you weep." I think you would scream with me that God does hate the abnormality! So, that is all -just know that our hearts and prayers are with you and we rejoice in the simple joys of Ira's progress -little by little. Love, The Fridges!
Joe, THANK YOU for your entry of June 30 about your "feelings on friendship with God" I never realized that I felt the same way. I always see God as "my Father" not a friend. A father that knows what is best for me and his other children and that I must obey w/out questioning. Through my challenges, I see that God pushes me, discipline me and does whatever it takes to save me and the rest of the world. I just hope to continue to accept humbly whatever hard times God will send me next. I truly believe that you and Laura are so special to God because you truly have given him your lives and are trusting him with your lives. Your honesty have truly helped me. Thanks again
Jackie B
That first pic could almost be a postcard. :)
You guys look great. Ira will be with you next 4th.
Jonathan
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