This morning as I was packing up and getting ready to head home from my vacation I caught an interview with Stephen Curtis Chapman's family on Good Morning America. Stephen Curtis Chapman is a Christian Musician and has 6 children, three of whom were adopted from China. A few months ago a great tragedy befell their family. Their 5 year old daughter was killed after being struck by a car in which their 17 year old son was driving. This was the first interview they have done since their daughters death. I was moved to see how honest they were about wishing they had their daughter back. His wife said that as a mother it doesn't matter how many stories about how their story has changed people's lives all she wants is her baby back. The thing that struck me the most was something Stephen said. He said that being a believer isn't about not having questions it's about keeping your faith amidst all the unanswered questions. And though they are still grieving the loss of their little girl they grieve with hope knowing that they will one day see her again in heaven.
Tonight when I went to our monthly prayer meeting at church I discovered that a the father of a family we have been reaching out to passed away this morning. Hung had come down with a very aggressive form of cancer. He had been in a coma since Monday. He had just become a believer 2 weeks ago and many of his family are not believers. Several of our people went down to the hospital yesterday and today and prayed over him. It was interesting to hear some of the questions that our own people had at the death of Hung. Many were in a mixed state of emotion knowing that Hung is in a better place and yet questioning why he had to go. There were many unanswered questions and yet no ones faith was shaken. We all know that even though this time God chose to take Hung instead of healing him doesn't mean that we stop praying for Him to heal the sick. It doesn't mean that we have any less authority in the Spirit. It just means that God is sovereign and we don't always understand everything he does. His ways are higher then our ways and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts. God doesn't mind the questions we just have to be ready to not fully understand the answers some of the time and not let that shake our faith.
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Hey Kelly, thanks for letting me know of the SC2 interview. In case you didn't know, he was supposed to be on Larry King tonight as well. Hope all is going well.
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