Amy's 'momentary trouble'

I talked with my sister Donna today and during the conversation we talked about Amy’s and my week, our kids, their up coming week and faith. She paid me a very nice compliment concerning my faith which in turn got me thinking about faith and what faith requires of us.
James 2:26 says that ‘Faith that does nothing is dead!’
Faith is NOT the belief that God will do whatever we ask or provide whatever we want. Faith IS the belief that God will do what is right and that despite the outcome; He knows what’s best for each of us. God is always near and always available. Just waiting to hear your voice…to feel your touch. So, let Him know…demonstrate your devotion:

Write a letter.
Be Baptized.
Ask forgiveness
Treat everyone the way you want to be treated, in spite of the way they treat you!
Feed a hungry person
Help the infirmed or elderly
Pray
Teach
Go!

Do something…anything that demonstrates your faith. For faith with no effort isn’t faith at all! God WILL respond, He has never rejected a genuine gesture of faith…Never.

I want to make one thing abundantly clear. In spite of what her oncologist’s unconfirmed ‘feelings’ are (as related in Thursday’s posting), Amy and I have not abandoned hope and we continue to hold to the evidence which continues to point to Amy’s healing. That is not to say that we don’t have our moments of despair, after all we are quite well aware of what the world tells us the odds are (and if any of you aren’t aware, you should be). However, this is where our faith and belief in God and His holy word enters in. I want each of you reading this entry to scroll back to the top of the page and re-read the verse that is always there, because this is what we believe…this is what WE live day in and day out. With God’s strength, we do look through that which is seen (the world and what it tell us is truth) to that which is unseen (the hope and promises that God gives us in His Word that is actual truth).
This blog was created with the intent to supply updates on Amy’s condition, a view into our family life and reflections of Amy’s and my thoughts, fears, hopes and triumphs in the midst of this journey. Sometimes it’s sad, sometimes it shows our weakness, but I always try to drawn it back to a hope. But it is true to our lives, how we feel and what we believe.

This is Amy's story as seen and told by me – V