Sovereignty

The Lord is in control. Amen.
I could (and maybe should) stop here. The Lord knows what He is doing and we have the privilege of participating with Him in His endeavors; all for the glory of His Name.
We have witnessed over the last couple of days some very obvious examples that the Lord is at work in and through our lives. As the old hymn goes "we stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene". May we never forget that it is He who is on the throne (Hebrews 12:2; Revelation 3:21), it is He that holds the universe (and beyond) in its place (Colossians 1:16-17), it is He who never slumbers nor sleeps (Psalm 121:3-4), and there is no one like Him! (Psalm 113:4-6)

I knew this was coming

Some things are just bound to happen. We have been here for about 16 months now and have done many of the things that a local body of Christ does: baptism, Lord's Supper, baby dedication, etc. While I still have not performed a wedding ceremony, tonight was my first opportunity to officiate a funeral here in Chile. I was given approximately an hours notice, but I believe that the Lord answered my prayer that the Name of and Person of Christ would be glorified. The funeral was for a dear sister named Miriam who had two inoperable (and growing) brain tumors. If she did not have them operated on she was given just a few months to live and if she did have them operated on she was told she might not make it through the operation. Well, as it turns out she did have them operated on and after a couple of weeks in a coma and then having shown some improvement she died suddenly yesterday afternoon. Ruth and I had spoken of the delicate nature of Miriam's condition and about how we as a church could minister to Miriam and her family. Many in her family are people who grew up with a knowledge of the gospel yet they appear to be far from the Lord. Please pray along with us that the Lord would do the necessary work in their hearts and that we would be able to minister to them the truth of the gospel, in both word and deed. And please pray as well for the chance we will have to minister in another funeral for Miriam that will be held at Grace Baptist on Monday morning. (tonight's funeral was held in the family's home) To God be the glory! Praise be to God for the victory that we have in Jesus Christ. (John 16:33)

Marching slowly

I realize that I have not started off the month of March blogging as I had hoped. With yesterday being Sunday (the 1st) and today being the 2nd I kinda got behind. However I will try to get back on track tomorrow. So I thought that I would at least put this up. Chao!