Inspired by Example...

Have you a burden for a loved one and it seems as though prayers for the well being of their souls goes unanswered year after year? I have experienced and do experience this, and I was inspired years ago and again recently by the account of John Newton's mother.

"John Newton (1725-1807) was the only son of a sea-captain who experienced the grace of God in a most dramatic way. The most important person in his life was his mother. He tells in his autobiography how he loved to be with her. His father was not usually at home. She prayed for him and with him. She prayed that he would someday become a minister of the Gospel. He knew that “she prayed for me all the time.” When he was only 4 years old he could read the Bible and had learned many verses from the Bible and the Catechism. But then she died. John was only 7 years old. But her work would never be forgotten."

 

John Newton and Amazing Grace

 

Keep praying.

Keep loving.

Keep living the Gospel

in all its simple power

that changes lives even today.

You never know how much your life

will impact the lives of those in

your world,

even if it seems that your life

is ignored, snubbed, mocked,

rejected and misunderstood,

sometimes even by those

who claim the name of Christ.

 

You may even be called to

'die in faith', not realizing the answer

to your prayers for  your loved ones

in this life.

 

Keep going.

The way is rough and rugged,

covered in dense fog at times,

but over all is the

Gospel which is the power of God

unto salvation to as many as believe.

 

Weeping endures for a night,

but joy comes in the morning.