~ Vital ! ~

"Our oldest son, Danny, a victim of cystic fybrosis, suffered for four years with frequent episodes of digestive and respiratory crises. I was expecting our second child when Danny's last crisis came. As he struggled to breathe, I left his hospital room and walked the corridor trying to pray. Where was God? Why wasn't He listening? Why wasn't He healing my little boy? I had given God my whole life to serve Him in the ministry with my husband; now why wasn't God coming to my aid when I most needed Him?

In spite of the efforts of medical personnel, our son died that morning as my husband and I stood by his bedside. The funeral of Danny and the birth of our new child came and went in a blur. Though I could not pray, I knew that those "everlasting arms" were beneath me and were holding me up. I realized that God is Sovereign, that He was in control and that He "healed" Danny in His own way to completely relieve his suffering. And some day. I shall meet my son again - whole and vital and alive.

Do you know someone who has recently lost a loved one? The very best thing you can do is to pray that he or she will experience the everlasting arms of the Savior."

'Art thou sunk in depths of sorrow
Where no arm can reach so low?
There is one whose arms almighty
Reach beyond thy deepest woe.
Underneath thy deepest sorrow
Are the everlastng arms.'
(Hymn "The Everlasting Arms, by A.B. Simpson)

"The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms" (DEUTERONOMY 33:27).

Darolyn Irvin