“Whether you turn to the right or the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk it in!'” Isaiah 30:21

It was July of 2004 that I was cutting grass and God grabbed my attention to talk with me about the future residential women’s ministry. The ride has been exciting and we are now at an interesting crossroads. The original site that we considered appears to be dead in the water apart from a major miracle.

Last week our realtor called to tell me that she had found a potential site. Two weeks prior to that she had showed us a site on a beautiful location, but the building itself was a disaster. In my heart I thought, “Here we go again!” When I pulled onto the property my heart started skipping. This site was everything that I had envisioned after the Lord spoke to my heart. Everything! The piece of property is the same size as the site we were looking at building on, but the building is already there and in mint condition.

I have been on the property twice and each time I have sensed that God is up to something special. On Tuesday, our friend pilot friend, Dan, flew us over the property and my prayer was “Lord, this is Your property!”

Now comes the test of faith. How do we determine the mind and heart of God in this matter? Where does the funding come from? In the timeline of the history of America’s KESWICK where does this fit in? William Raws had the vision and courage to begin the Colony of Mercy with $1.87. Addison Raws had the courage and fortitude to begin the conference ministry with limited funds. Pastor Bill Raws had the courage to build the Activity Center. Now I am a part of history in the making with our Board – is this the next “FAITH LEAP” for us?

I love that God KNOWS what we need when we need it. The verse for today was timely. Listen to the words I read this morning:

“When we have doubts or are facing difficulties, when others suggest courses of action that are conflicting, when caution dictates one approach but faith another, we should BE STILL. We should quiet each intruding person, calm ourselves in the sacred stillness of God’s presence, study His Word for guidance, and with true devotion focus our attention on Him. We should lift our nature into the pure radiating light from HIS face, having an eagerness to know only what God our Lord will determine for us. Soon He will reveal by His secret counsel a DISTINCT and UNMISTAKABLE sense of HIS direction … Christians who have had many experiences in their walk with Him know the great value of secret fellowship with the Lord.

Are you uncertain about which direction you should go? Take your question to God and receive guidance from either the light of His smile or the cloud of His refusal. You must get alone with Him, where the lights and darkness of this world cannot interfere and where the opinion of others cannot reach you. You must also have the courage to wait in silent expectation, even when everyone around you is insisting on an immediate decision or action. If you will do these things, the will of God will become clear to you! And you will have a deeper concept of who HE is, having more insight into His nature and His heart of love.”
Streams in the Desert – Zondervan

Thank You, Lord, for the way YOU will lead and guide me and the Board in these matters. May we discern YOUR voice and see YOU at work in ways that will stagger our puny, human minds! I will keep you posted! How about you? Are you facing a decision that needs HIS direction? I’d love to hear from you too!

Great quote: “It is much easier to DO something than to trust in God; we see the activity and mistake PANIC for inspiration. That is why we see so few fellow workers WITH God, yet so many people working FOR God. We would much rather work FOR God than believe IN HIM! Do I really believe that God will do in me what I cannot do?” Oswald Chambers

Today is the anniversary of the kick-off of VICTORY CALL – a daily email for women! Happy 2nd Anniversary to Diane Hunt and the team of women helping to help hundreds of women THINK VICTORY! If your wife would like to sign up for Victory Call – visit our website:
www.americaskeswick.org.

IMPOSSIBILITIES

“For with God nothing will be impossible.” (Luke 1:37)

What is your impossibility? Job, family, a personal relationship? Did you ever think God designs impossibilities with you in mind?

Read John chapter 6 and you will discover the disciple’s perception of circumstances. This perception can either be horizontal (human) or vertical (divine). As you read the chapter, be reminded that nothing is too heavy when God holds the lever! God’s power is unlimited. God’s promises are unconditional – nothing stands in His way. These ordinary men, following Jesus, were facing an impossible situation. They were tired; exhausted, in fact – “peopled” to death!
And here were 5,000 (as stated in Matthew 14:21), plus the women and children. The disciples and Jesus were in a barren place, without food, and this huge gathering of people was hungry!

Look at the various reactions to this seeming impossibility. Philip looked around and saw the enormity of the problem. Now, Jesus had explained to these disciples that He was the Son of God. But when He asked, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” Philip’s response was statistical, calculating only the bare minimum (200 denari or a day’s wages). Philip should have said, “You can do this, Master. With You it’s no problem.” Philip dwells on the situation, not the solution.

Then there is Andrew in this story. In verses 8 and 9, he points out the young lad with the 5 loaves and 2 fish, which appears to be resourceful. But he doesn’t think to look to the Lord, either – the same Lord that had just turned water into wine to feed the wedding guests (John 2). Philip looked at the budget. Andrew checked the pantry. Neither anticipated the miracle!

In verse 10, Jesus, in simple fashion, had the disciples seat the crowd and then He multiplied that small lunch to feed thousands. It was even enough to have a basket left over for each disciple! These faithless disciples who figured on the minimum got a smorgasbord! Jesus provided more than what was needed and only quietly rebukes their lack of faith.

Did you learn anything from this special part of God’s Word? When you face impossibilities, leave it in the hands of the Specialist! Read the Manual. Get your directions and strength from God. Refuse to worry or calculate. Just give Jesus all you have – even as small as the little boy’s lunch – and He will give you back more than you can contain! — Rev. John Hibbard

Pastor John is a member of the Board of Trustees of America’s KESWICK and a contributor of our daily devotional, REAL VICTORY FOR REAL LIFE. You can purchase a copy today by calling 732-350-1187 ext. 31.

“Yes – But …!”

“Lord, I will follow You, but …” (Luke 9:61)

Several years after we were married, we jokingly told the Lord we only wanted three kids, would never homeschool, and please, we’d never live in New Jersey. Well you guessed it – we have four wonderful kids, have homeschooled all four of them, and yes, we live in New Jersey. I am glad they were the only three things we said we didn’t want to do!

We have all been there if we are willing to be honest. There are the times that we are seeking HIS will for our lives, and He steps in to ask us to do something that requires a action step of faith and we find ourselves saying: “Lord, I will follow You, but …!”

You’ve been there, right? Be honest! Sometimes the things He tells us to do just don’t make common sense. Take comfort in this – as you read through Scripture, that seems to be the way it has been for all the men that God has used for His glory.Abraham is listed in the “Hall of Fame” (Hebrews 11) as a men who believed God and took him at his word. He was promised a son, and finally in the tenth decade of his life, he becomes a Dad of the promised son, and God comes along and says, “Ok, Abraham – now that you have him – I want him! I want you to sacrifice Him. You heard me – put him on the altar and sacrifice him!” (That is my translation … so don’t panic!)

I love what Oswald Chambers said about this: “Suppose God tells you to do something that is an enormous test of your common sense, totally going against it. What will you do? Will you hold back? If you get into the habit of doing something physically, you will do it every time you are tested until you break the habit through sheer determination. And the same is true spiritually. Again and again you will come right up to what Jesus wants, but every time you will turn back at the true point of testing, until you are determined to abandon yourself to God in total surrender. Yet we tend to say, ‘Yes, but – suppose I do obey God in this matter, what about …?’ Or we say, ‘Yes, I will obey God if what He asks of me doesn’t go against my common sense, but don’t ask me to take a step in the dark.”

He goes on to say: “Jesus Christ demands the same unrestrained, adventurous spirit in those who have placed their trust in Him that the natural man exhibits. If a person is ever going to do anything worthwhile, there will be times when he must risk everything by his leap in the dark. In the spiritual realm, Jesus Christ demands that you risk EVERYTHING you hold on to or believe through common sense, and leap by faith into what He says. Once you obey, you will immediately find that what He says is as solidly consistent as common sense.

By the test of COMMON SENSE, Jesus Christ’s statements may seem mad, but when you test them by the trial of faith, your findings will fill your spirit with the awesome fact that they are the very words of God. Trust completely in God, and when He brings you to a new opportunity of adventure, offering it to you, see that you take it!” (My Utmost for His Highest – Oswald Chambers)

WOW! I will share tomorrow about how timely this was in the life of our ministry at America’s KESWICK! It is exciting.

Great Quote: The character of God is today, and always will be, exactly what it was in Bible times…God is forever what at that moment, three thousand years ago, He told Moses that He was. James I (J. I.) Packer

HIS LOVE KNOWS NO LIMITS

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

In the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), Jesus describes the relationship between a father and his son. The boy is selfish, egotistical, and boldly asks for his share of his father’s inheritance. The boy spent his entire inheritance on sinful pleasures in just a short period of time. Then Jesus says the prodigal son ended up feeding hogs.

Why did Jesus describe this young man in such a terrible fashion? It’s because He was trying to show that there was nothing left that this boy had to offer his father to move him to forgive and accept him. The son had completely blown it.

But when all hope seemed to be gone, Jesus put a surprise ending on this story that shocked the Pharisees. He says, while the prodigal son is sitting in the pigpen and starving to death, he thinks about his father and decides to return home. He doesn’t attempt to clean himself up. He comes to his father dirty, ashamed, embarrassed, knowing that he has no right to be there.

The Pharisees would have thought it right for the father not to pay any attention to this wayward, rebellious son. He had gone his own way and blown it. Now he deserved to be kicked out of the family and punished. But Jesus surprised them and taught that our heavenly Father’s love has no limits.

Jesus’ point is clear. A man or a woman cannot go so far that God’s love and forgiveness are no longer offered. You must realize that regardless of what you have done, you have not stretched God beyond His limits. His love for you knows no boundaries. He has already dealt with your sin 2,000 years ago when Jesus Christ died on the cross. If you will come to God and receive His forgiveness, He will love you, forgive you and embrace you.

The Apostle Paul firmly declares, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Dr. John Ankerberg
Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 19-21; John 8:1-27

Today’s devotional is from REAL VICTORY FOR REAL LIFE and is available from the KESWICK BOOK & GIFT SHOP. You can order a copy today by calling
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Great quote: It makes a great difference in our feeling towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer; as also it makes a vast difference in their feelings towards us if they know that we are in the habit of praying for them. There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the same exercise of love. Charles H. Brent

I LOVE AMERICA

I am proud to be an American and to live in this country. We are far from perfect and have strayed from God in so many ways as a nation. But in comparison to other countries throughout the world, we are so blessed as a nation.

I have been reading a powerful book by the new pastor of the late Adrian Rodgers church in Memphis, Tennessee. The chapter I read earlier this week highlights the revivals that broke our around the world that started in this great country. Revival came because God’s people prayed, turned from their sin and repented, and then the refreshing rains of revival broke out. And the ripple effect of those rivals were felt around the world.

Today we need revival in our land. Some have given up and said, “Impossible!” But I believe that we can experience it again if we follow the words from Scripture: “If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek MY face and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sins and heal their land!” (2 Chronicles 7:14) God goes on to say in the next verse: “Now MY eyes shall be open and MY ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.”

Thousands of men and women were willing to pay the cost of laying down their lives, shedding their blood to preserve and protect our freedom. Thousands of men and women are this day serving around the globe to protect, guard and defend us. We must never forget these precious patriots. They were and are willing to pay the cost to protect and defend America. But are we as men of the Cross willing to do due diligence with God and be on our knees to pray for revival to break out in our land? It can happen again today! It’s not too late for America! We can take God at His Word. Most of the revivals started out with one or two men who were willing to get on their faces before God – to cry out to Him for revival.

Maybe the man of the hour is you and me. Are you willing to pay the cost? Think about it!

My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my father’s died,
Land of the pilgrim’s pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble, free,
Thy name I love;
I love Thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom’s song:
Let mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partake,
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our father’s God to thee,
Author of liberty,
To thee we sing:
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!

Happy Memorial Day!

I KNOW YOU!

“The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.” Nahum 1:7; Jeremiah 33:11

I was at a viewing this week and when walking towards the door, a man stuck out his hand and said, “I know you. I slopped gravy on your picture today at the restaurant.” The next day I was meeting with a realtor and the owner of the property said after I told him I was from America’s KESWICK, “I know you – your picture was on the placemat in the restaurant I was eating at today!”

Now both of these individuals don’t KNOW me – the recognized my face from a placemat advertising our 2007 Community Open House. But GOD really KNOWS us – He is intimately acquainted with everything about me. He knows my name, my thoughts, where I am at any given moment. He knows the number of hairs on my head!

In my reading this morning, the passages of Scripture from the Daily Light reminded me that even in the midst of difficult times, HE KNOWS ME! He has NOT forgotten me. I love what Paul wrote to Timothy: “The solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: THE LORD KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE HIS!”

Well, this knowing thing works two ways. Have you ever looked at a baby and then at his parents and an amazing resemblance? Our granddaughter, Emma Grace, looks so much like her Dad, you can’t give her away. People are always saying, “She looks like Garrett in a dress.” The cool thing is that you KNOW she is Garrett’s daughter just by looking at her.

The point? Do people KNOW you are HIS just by looking at you? Are you so in tune with Jesus and so deeply in love with Him, that you reflect HIS image in your life? When they rub shoulders with you do they want to KNOW what you are all about? Think about it today as you have opportunity to worship HIM today.

Great Quote: The people of the Lord in humility are to lay themselves and their prayers, and all that they have, at the foot of their God, to be disposed of by him as he in his heavenly wisdom seeth best. Yet not doubting but God will answer the desire of his people that way that shall be most for their advantage and his glory. When the saints therefore do pray with submission to the will of God, it doth not argue that they are to doubt or question God’s love and kindness to them. But because they at all times are not so wise, but that sometimes Satan may get that advantage of them, as to tempt them to pray for that which, if they had it, would neither prove to God’s glory nor his people’s good. John Bunyan

Join us today for our Sunday afternoon concert with SIMPLE GRACE. The program starts at 2:30 AM in the Activity Center. See the website for details: http://www.americaskeswick.org/.

THE OTHER SIDE OF GOD

I am thankful this morning for the mercy and grace bestowed on me by a loving, gracious Heavenly Father. But today in my devotional reading, I was reminded that there the other side of God that I must remember. The writer refers to this as “the north side of God.” We need to be balanced in our view of God.“I will make no progress in my discipleship if I limit God to one side. He has two sides. One shows His infinite kindness and patience, the other His firmness and resolution, which the Puritans called ‘the stormy north side of Jesus Christ.’ Most of the teaching about God I have heard refers to His grace, love and kindness. I am seriously deficient in learning that He has a north side as well.

Too many people feel that God’s patience is limitless, His love is inured to pain, His discipline is soft and delayed, and anyway, Calvary, ‘covers it all!’ Such a distorted view of God leads us into all kinds of looseness, laxness, and sloppiness in discipleship. But God is no pushover. If I do not yield to His love, I must yield to His pressure.

Am I so hard of heart that it takes a blow to wake me up? Must I be slave-driven in order to appreciate the loveliness of His person? Or am I so tuned in to Him that the slightest movement of His finger will make me yield? Am I clay in His hands, soft and responsive, or a mass of hard, brittle parts?God reserves His stormy north side for the callously indifferent, but He is never unfeeling toward those who cry for mercy and help. What kind of God is He? ‘He delights in mercy.’ What will He do for us who come suppliant and contrite? ‘He will turn again, he will have compassion on us.” (Micah 7:18-19) Such a God is our God forever!” from DAILY WITH THE KING – Moody Press

Is your view of God balanced? Is there an area of your life that you are toying or playing with sin thinking you can bank on His mercy and grace? Then maybe today you need to be reminded of the “north side” of God.

Great quote: Sin is cosmic treason. R. C. Sproul

ENGAGE IN GOOD DEEDS – PRESSING NEEDS
“And let our people also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful.” Titus 3:14

I can’t quite figure it out – but it seems that just when we think we can’t handle another thing, those interruptions and out-of-the-box situations seem to pop up. You know those situations when you might not say it, but you think it – or maybe mutter under your breath – “Oh no! You’ve got to be kidding. I don’t need this right now.”

Sometimes those “pressing needs” can become those opportunities for minister to people in ways that we can’t even imagine. God might very well be sending those interruptions as “divine appointments” that we could miss if we weren’t committed to engaging in good deeds.Yesterday morning right before our staff prayer time there was an accident on the highway outside our property.

It couldn’t have happened on a worse day as our staff were busy preparing for our Community Open House on Saturday.Traffic was backed up for miles and people obviously were frayed with the delay. The easiest thing would be to ignore the problem and say, “it isn’t our problem.” The interruption for our staff was dropping what they were doing to open our road to allow traffic to be diverted through our property.An interruption – absolutely! But who knows – one of those cars could have been a divine appointment in disguise. Brian Bitler, our Director of Marketing and IT used this interruption as an opportunity by handing out our Open House flyers to every car that came through. My guess is that there are some people who drove through our property who didn’t have a clue what we were.

My staff engaged in a good deed that I believe spoke volumes to many people yesterday. I was very proud of Al, Bill, Brian, Steve, Rob, Garrett, and Zach for jumping in to help us serve our community. We didn’t get to share the gospel one-on-one with anyone – but my guess is that somehow God will use that as an open door someday to do that. And they might just say – “I remember when you guys opened your road for me …”

Don’t miss an opportunity today to serve someone who has a pressing need. Do as Paul said – “Engage in good deeds.” God may just use that interruption in ways that you can’t even imagine!

GREAT QUOTE: “What do you believe when you say, ‘I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth?’ That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and everything in them, and who still upholds and rules them by His eternal counsel and providence, is my God and Father. I trust Him so much that I do not doubt that He will provide whatever I need for body and soul, and will also turn to my good whatever adversity He sends me in this sad world. He is able to do this because He is almighty God and desires to do this because He is a faithful Father.” Heidelberg Catechism, # 26

GUIDANCE FROM BEHIND

“And I will lead the blind by a way that they do not know in paths they do not know I will guide them. I will make darkness into light before them and rugged places into plains.” Isaiah 42:16

Everyone of us faces times when we are trying to discern God’s will and need HIS guidance. I have several friends right now who are in the midst of trying to determine God’s will for their lives. One is looking for direction concerning a relationship he is in. He is trying to determine if this is the right girl for him. Another friend is trying to determine which college to attend. He is facing a tough decision because both colleges have offered him full scholarships. Another friend is trying to determine God’s will about some financial matters. As a ministry, we are seeking God’s will for the future residential women’s ministry.

In my quiet time this morning, this issues was addressed in the devotional, DAILY WITH THE KING: “I must get used to the idea that God is not always in FRONT of me, but sometimes He guides me from BEHIND! ‘Your ears will hear a word BEHIND you, ‘This is the way, walk in it!’ (Isaiah 30:21) Strange guidance, indeed, from behind!

In Argentina I watched a shepherd girl lead her flock of sheep. How did she do it? Sometimes in front, sometimes on the side, and sometimes from behind. The psalmist says, “He LEADETH me” (Psalm 23:2); that is guidance from the front. But verse 3 says, “He DRIVETH me in the paths” – That is guidance from behind.

Guidance from behind means one of two things: either there is trouble ahead and I need to be forced through it; or my resolve is getting weak and God has to use a little muscle persuasion to get me moving along the road.

God has led me more with “behind guidance” than with “before guidance.” When God is in front He is easily seen and I slack my trust a little. But when He is behind I have got to rely on His commands without seeing Him; therefore, I am more vulnerable to failure and mistakes unless my faith is strong. My very vulnerability is the school in which God teaches my faith to be strong.

If I am trusting God, He will never let me make a wrong move. But all the same, He will allow me to suffer the anxiety of a POSSIBLE wrong move, just to keep my faith in fighting trim. That anxiety is painful, but not half as painful as reaping the results of a REAL wrong move. God carefully monitors my anxiety level and will not allow it to overflow. “I will tell the next generation that this God IS my God, He will be my guide, even unto death.” (Psalm 48:13-14).” (from Daily with the King – Moody Press)

How about you? Are you facing a decision? Trying to determine God’s will? He might be leading you from behind! Watch and wait for Him.

GREAT QUOTE: I have cried, says the Psalmist, because thou hast heard me. One would think he should have said contrariwise; thou hast heard me because I have cried; yet, he says, I have cried because thou hast heard me; to show that crying doth not always go before hearing with God, as it doth with us; but that God will not only hear our cry, but also hear us before we cry, and will help us. Thomas Playfere

DEALING WITH TEMPTATION BIBLICALLY – Part 3

“No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but WITH the temptation will provide a WAY OF ESCAPE also, that you may be able to endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13

During my ten years of ministry at America’s KESWICK, I have talked with hundreds of men who have graduated from the Colony of Mercy and have left and within hours, days or weeks, fallen back into their patterns of addiction. When I have an opportunity to talk with them I always ask the question, “What happened?” They will tell their story and somehow in the conversation I will ask the question, “Was God faithful to you?” They will look at me with that puzzled look and then I probe with this question. “When you faced your temptation did God provide a way of escape for you?”

The answer is always, “YES!” My friend, God will always provide an escape route strategically planned just for you. You can count on it because He IS faithful to His Word!

A number of years ago I struggled with panic attacks. I had difficulties driving, going in an elevator, or being in large crowds. One of the things I found myself doing was looking for an escape route. If driving, I always had a plan where I knew I could stop someplace and get help (this was before cell phones). When having to be in a room that I knew there would be lots of people, I always checked for the exit doors so I could escape.

The word escape means “to walk out, as to walk out of a difficult place; to walk out of a trap; to walk out of a place that isn’t good for you.”
Think about the last time you encountered temptation. Did God not provide a way of escape?

Here are several escape routes that God makes possible that really are quite simple. In fact, they may be so simple that you’ve missed them:

1. When facing temptation – FLEE!!! Run!!! Get out there!!! Remember Joseph and the encounter with Potipher’s wife? (Genesis 39:12) Someone has said, “Negotiating with sin usually leads to falling into it rather than conquering it, so it’s better for us to just get up and get away from the situation as quickly as we can!” The very next verse after 1 Corinthians 10:13 says – FLEE!!! Check out 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22. When you find yourself someplace you KNOW is wrong – don’t linger – get out of there!

2. When facing temptation – JUST SAY NO! Titus 2:11-12 tells us that God’s grace is teaching us to “say no!” Don’t play with it. Don’t touch it. Say no. Martin Luther said that “playing with temptation is like thinking you can play with and handle fire and not expect to be burned.

3. When facing temptation – RUN TO GOD’S WORD. Jesus encountered temptation in Matthew 4. How did he handle it? He used Scripture: IT IS WRITTEN. That’s why hiding God’s Word in our hearts is so important.

4. When facing temptation, CRY OUT TO GOD! We can cry out to the One who is “Able to aid those who are tempted.” (Hebrews 2:18) Check out Psalm 107.

5. When facing temptation, reach out for help from another brother. Let him come alongside and help you by praying for you, quoting Scripture to you, and being there for you.

Speaker and author Rick Jenner says, “If you say “Yes” to the Lord, He will show you how to deal with temptation biblically. You can evade, dodge, elude, get out of it, and break away from every temptation. You have the power to make the choice!” So what about it? Are you willing to deal with temptation biblically? You have the “HOW TO” from the Word of God in 1 Corinthians 10:13. Start today by committing that verse to memory. Then apply the truth of God’s Word to whatever temptation you are facing – and in the words of NIKE … “Just do it!”

GREAT QUOTE: God walks with us. He scoops us up in His arms or simply sits with us in silent strength until we cannot avoid the awesome recognition that yes, even now, He is there. Gloria Gaither