For my friend J!
Submitted by Chris on February 13 2002 13:57:00
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This is for my good friend and brother in Christ, J. But, of course, anyone who likes can read it as well.... Dear J, I am hoping that today will be the day I will be getting my computer. My dad is giving me his three year old Gateway because he got a new computer and figured I will put his old one to very good use. And I could not agree more! It is an answer to prayer, that's for sure. So very soon I will be able to visit with as many folks here as I like, writting nice posts and replies the way I used to about a year or so ago. Anyway, I will try to help you today my friend because I feel your sadness and frustration very clearly. A couple of days ago I was home from work and doing my "flipping through the channels" routine with the t.v. remote controle and came upon a show that is almost always garaunteed to make me stop and watch. This kind of show seems to come on at times when I am really in no mood for feeling bad for someone else because I am caught up in my own problems. That's probably why I absent-mindedly flip through channels in the first place...because I am really not interested in t.v. anyway but need something to figit with. Why I don't reach for my guitar more often when I get like this is pretty much beyond me...oh well. So, I saw something on t.v. that made me HAVE to stop and watch. It always does. I saw a program about the horror going on in Afganistan right now. The awful and pain-filled images of freezing, starving people just absolutely floored me! I have seen this kind of thing many times but for some reason THIS time was, to date, the worst. Or perhaps I should say, the best. J, this has got to be the one absolute cure for feeling blue about one's own situation. We ALL do that! I do it, brother, believe me. I can spend days, even weeks, just poring over my own unfortunate life, or life history if you will. But then God steps in like He did two days ago, and gives me something to REALLY think about. Not that God wants to belittle me in my problems or concerns, He would'nt do that because He too is concerned about those very same things. But I think He does it to put my mind back on HIM instead of me. Because when you are so upset about the plight of another, your own problems tend to look pretty small in comparrison, especially when you see something as horrible as young, innocent children starving and freezing in the bitter cold of a dessert winter! J, I KNOW God is very concerned about all of the same things you are concerned about, but you must keep believing that He will address them in the right time. I know it is hard to do this but just keep trying and He WILL send you help when you need it. I know this because I myself have seen it happen in my own life more often than I can remember. You are my friend, J, and I would never write anything to you that I did not personally believe is absolute truth. And brother, I HAVE come to believe in all the truths about our great and loving Father God! I must go for now but, as Arnold says..."I'll be back!". Hang in there brother and don't give up. You are very much loved!!! Love in Christ Jesus, Chris |
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