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I am the way truth and life4/25/2024 ![]() If it were otherwise, I would tell you plainly, because I go to prepare a place for you. ![]() My Father’s house has many dwelling places. For you’ve believed in God, now trust and believe in me also. Be aware that the story is not complete yet.ĭuring Jesus’ conversation with the disciples before his death, as he tried to explain the fullness of who he is, he said to them, Instead of spending your life doing everything you can to avoid suffering, press into it. Amid the agony of loss and hurt, the absence of fear gives way for a chance to leave a courageous and inspiring legacy. I am not suggesting that suffering is easy but there is hope. There is nothing this world can take from me that he cannot restore with purpose. However, armed with the knowledge that Jesus is the path through this life, and the truth that he loves me enough to suffer for me, gives me courage to face whatever is ahead. The words “brain surgery” and “lung cancer” are scary terms. I’ll never be lonely for you are near” Psalm 23:4b TPT The comfort of your love takes away my fear. “…fear will never conquer me, for you already have! Your authority is my strength and my peace. Because of this, you have the power to live a truly victorious and rewarding life, free of fear. It is a powerful combination to know that you are in the hands of a loving God who has already planned your life in a way that is eternally significant and has meaning. He has sent the Holy Spirit to live in you so that he can feel your suffering and actively participate in it with you. The truth is that God so deeply loves you, he will not allow pain and suffering without real cause. However, he wanted to understand you and suffer with you.įriend, this is what Jesus has done and continues to do. Unlike you, he didn’t need the procedure. Imagine further that the doctor informed you that to understand your plight, he agreed to also have his leg amputated. Imagine you woke up one day in a hospital bed, and the doctor attending to you came in and informed you, “I had to amputate your leg.” The first question you would likely demand to know is, “Why?”īut the real question being asked is, “Do you trust that this doctor knows what he is doing?” If it was someone you knew, someone who you were aware loved you, it is more likely that you would assume there must have been some bigger threat that required such a drastic move. As my husband suffers from a brain condition, and now faces another major medical concern, my mind demands an answer to the most basic question: Is God good? However, it doesn’t feel loving for God to allow sorrow and trauma. He chose suffering to rescue you and redeem you! The most sacrificial solution was for him to save us. His deep love for us defies logic: the easiest solution for him was to leave us. There is no logical reason for God to invest in you and me. God is love! Those who are living in love are living in God, and God lives through them” 1 John 4:16 TPT “We have come into an intimate experience with God’s love, and we trust in the love he has for us. ![]() The most foundational truth to the story of redemption is love. Nothing that happens is by chance, and he refuses to allow pain that doesn’t lead to something significant. The God who created the universe, who individually placed the stars in orbit, is more than capable of writing the story of your life and my life. ![]() I might not understand it now, but my husband’s brain condition and his potential lung cancer are part of a much bigger plan than I can fathom. He has the route of your life and my life planned out and nothing is a surprise to him. But Jesus is promising that he is the road designed for you to travel on. Psalm 23 refers to the path through the world being “the valley of deepest darkness” and Jesus himself promised that we would have troubles (John 16:33). Jesus is much more than being the door to eternal life, he is the road leading you and guiding you through your unique journey. “As they grasped for trying to understand how to keep following him, he responded with, ‘I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life'” John 14:6a TPT One of the most heart-breaking moments in the New Testament is when Jesus spent his last meal with his disciples and tried to prepare them for his human departure, which would include him being brutally tortured and murdered. ![]() There were so many emotions and questions that hit me, chief among them being, “Why? Isn’t one medical crisis enough? How can this be good?” This morning, we received news that one of his scans indicates he likely also has lung cancer. We have been spending a month preparing, praying, and depending on friends and family to grant us encouragement. My husband has brain surgery scheduled a week from today. To know me is to know my Father, too.'” John 14:6 TPT No one comes next to the Father except through union with me. “Jesus explained, ‘I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. ![]()
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