“Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” Psalm 126:2
When waiting for something; a street light, standing in line at the bank, waiting for child at school or me laying in bed waiting for the IV line to finish dripping antibiotics into my body are times when we probably don’t consider the great things that God has accomplished in our lives.
A decade ago, when my oldest daughter gave birth to my first grandchild it was a process; she waited for nine months filled with Miles punching and kicking. The children in the attached are a few of the 153 waiting for their noon meal at Pont Sonde which is located in the Artibonite District in Haiti. As a Trinity HOPE supporter, I wait patiently for the next newsletter that has new photos and stories of lives being prepared to go into the mission fields of Haiti.
I hope that my grandson Miles, his sister Audrey and their cousin Cara, and you and me will never have to stand in line for our only meal of the day, as many of these children are doing on a hot midday in Haiti. These children and you and me are waiting for one common blessing, being in Heaven with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We have already received the blessing of being redeemed by His blood and are just waiting until our life’s work for Him has been accomplished. While driving home from work today I listened to a song titled ‘Redeemed’ and the words were written by Fanny Crosby in 1882 and it’s message shares the joy that you, the children in Pont Sonde and me have.
“Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; redeemed through His infinite mercy, His child and forever I am. Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; redeemed, redeemed, His child and forever I am. Redeemed, and so happy in Jesus, no language my rapture can tell; I know that the light of His presence with me doth continually dwell. I think of my blessed Redeemer, I think of Him all the day long: I sing, for I cannot be silent; His love is the theme of my song. I know there’s a crown that is waiting, in yonder bright mansion for me, and soon, with the spirits made perfect, at home with the Lord I shall be.”
Dear Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you,
Jay