Tuesday, March 27, 2007 -
A time to pray...

... Posted in Faith and the Gospel

A little over a year ago I posted a prayer request for my friend Catina, a homeschooling mom of 3 in PEI. She has an inoperable brain tumour, and has valiantly fought it for the last year and a half, almost.

 I would like to ask that you all take a moment to pray for her family once again. She is in a coma, and for some reason the Lord is letting her live awhile longer. Before going into this last coma (it's her second, I think), she had expressed that she is ready to go home. Her family is ready to say goodbye. And I know that I will see her again someday, completely whole and healed.

 I hope this is ok, but I want to share with you all the kind of faith this family has, even through a trial like this... it was written by her husband a few months ago, but each e-mail update I get points back to the same loving Father who has provided a Way for us all.

I love her with all my heart. I keep praying for a miracle because I know the time is short. Catina is in God's hands, and He is in control. Whatever happens will be right. We are trusting God. He knows better than we do. He knows the end from the beginning. He is the Author and Finisher of our faith. We love Him. He has been most merciful. And He is a God to be praised. "Oh, How I Love Jesus", is the song I am singing. Catina is my best friend here on earth, and Jesus is my Best Friend for eternity. I know He loves Catina, and has a home in the Glory for her. My will would be for Catina to be miraclously healed (even tonight) but I don't know if that is God's will. I keep petitioning the Lord for Catina to live a longer life, but God's ways are higher than our ways. God is Good. He is Loving. He is Merciful. And no matter what happens in our lives, God doesn't change. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And He will always be faithful. 'We might change, but Jesus never. Glory to His Name.' This is not a time to turn from God, but to turn towards Him.

If you have never trusted Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, this is the day to call upon His name for forgiveness of your sins. Catina has done that, and she is absolutely assured of eternal life. There is a mansion in Heaven with a driveway paved with gold just waiting for her. How could we ever deny her of an end to her struggle, and a perfect peace without pain, or suffering, or tears. That is what awaits her the second she dies. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, the Bible tells us. There is no limbo, there is no purgatory, there is no condemnation for those who are born again by the Spirit of God.
But hell is just as real as heaven. And Jesus spoke more about it than He did about Heaven. Trusting Jesus to be your Saviour is the only way to be forgiven, and cleared from an eternal punishment in the lake of fire. God loves Catina, and He loves me, and He loves you. If you have never called out to Him, I urge you, I beg you, I plead with you to do so today.

Be sure that you ...
understand that you were born a sinner on your way to hell,
believe that Jesus came to shed His blood for the payment of your sins,
accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour (nothing you do can earn your way into Heaven), and
obey everything God has commanded you to do in His Holy Word, the Bible.

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

This is all about God. This cancer battle is all about God. He wants every one of you to believe in Him, and trust in Him alone for your salvation. I believe in Him. Catina believes in Him. We will spend eternity with Him. You can too.

Amen.

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