tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615877796681762684.post3515845128468923029..comments2023-10-20T05:02:24.684-07:00Comments on Living with Chronic Illness: Refined Like SilverKerri http://www.blogger.com/profile/06070983658642888724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615877796681762684.post-78212737413494135702009-06-02T19:55:47.886-07:002009-06-02T19:55:47.886-07:00Dearest Kerri,
AMEN! and AMEN!...Three years ago, ...Dearest Kerri,<br />AMEN! and AMEN!...Three years ago, my husband and I went "through it" for 15 mos....In the middle of it all (as we were experiencing atomic bombs on all fronts)...I asked the Lord..."Where are we right now?"...And He said, "You're in the oven."...And I asked, "Well, when do we get to come out."...And He said, "Soon".<br />I was thinking He meant right away, b/c we were so exhausted...little did we know that our "oven experience" would last onother 8 mos.! My definition of "soon" and God's definition were two totally opposite descriptions! <br />It was then that the Lord told me, "Crista, when you make a cake, you put all the ingredients into a bowl, mix it up and pour it into the pan to bake it. It's not done, until you bake it."...OK, I got it..."But Lord, it's HOT in here!"..."That's OK", he replied, "I'm in here with you."<br />~I can't tell you how many times I have prayed, "Lord, tie my flesh to the horns of the altar so that I won't crawl off...but will allow You to do all You want to do in me for Your Glory."....Not that I have attained all, but I press on..knowing that He Who began a good work will carry it to completion until the Day of Christ Jesus. <br />~Kerri, there is only one way that we will truly reflect the image of Christ..and it is the Way of the Cross...The Way of Life is death...<br />God bless you, dear and precious Sister.<br />Love always,<br />CristaCristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594577392303744581noreply@blogger.com