Love or Loneliness
The Future, that vast uncharted sea of the unknown, what does it hold for me is the question lurking in the shadows of my mind at the moment? Is it joy or terror, comfort or pain, love or loneliness? I suppose some people would run to a fortune teller to find what lurks in the shadows of their future. Tomorrows story is known only to God, the Bible tells us He holds the future in His hands and so my situation is under the control of the Master planner. I have nothing to fear when I trust Him. I have to admit humanly it freaks me out a little bit and I would love God to let me in on the plan but He seems to be a Ticket Master that doesn’t give out tickets until the train is about to leave. I have never had to have faith like I have at this very moment; He alone has to become my hope and security. I have to be careful of running ahead of Him and making a mess, so I wait knowing that those that wait on the Lord, He will renew their strength. Isaiah 40:31
If you are at a point like this today, be careful, there are many roads you could take and miss the fulfilment of God in your life.
It’s awful when you lose the one who was your sounding board. With Jill gone there is a gaping hole of emptiness and loneliness, no one to tell the struggles and fears to, no-one who will pray for those innermost fears and thoughts. I still miss her desperately.
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Hi Pastor Phil, I just wanted to let you know about something that happened last night here in the west end. Me and a guy from the team that's here went out to speak to people, and we got chatting to a Scottish man (David) and his friend Vicki. He was extremely drunk, but we were still able to have a conversation with him. We were just chattin, (and he wanted me to sing the sash when he found out where I was from!) and we explained what 24-7 Ibiza does, and asked did he have anything he'd like us to pray for. He said that he'd grown up in a Christian family etc and that he had a faith and it came out that his dad had passed away in December, and he started to cry. Jamie and I stood there, not really knowing what to do, and all I could think about was Jill. So I finally said to David "Look, I don't understand how you feel but all I know is that God can help" and I told him how Jill had died in March, and how God was so faithful in taking care of our whole church (at this point I was practically crying too) and I was almost pleading with him, telling him that I know with all my heart that God can take care of him and help him through this... It was very emotional, and I told him that I would pray that he would find Christians at home who would look after him and love him and pray for him. Please pray for him, it's his 32nd birthday next week also, so that's probably gonna be very hard for him.
I hope this brings you some encouragement, to know that God is bringing good out of our pain, even in a place like Ibiza.
Love you Pastor Philip, tell Philly I said hi!
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