This is how you maintain your sanity

Nov 25, 2022 |

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God's Encouragement

16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

*2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NASB

Inspiration

When during an already painful juncture in my life my wife died, I was so numb that I felt dead myself.

In the hours after her death, as our children and I tried to figure out what to do next, how to get from hour to hour, the phone must have been ringing, but I have no recollection of it.

The next morning—one of those mornings when you awaken, blink to start the day, and then, a dispiriting second later, realize anew what has just happened and feel the boulder press you against the earth with such weight that you fear you will never be able to get up—the phone rang, and it was Jack.

I didn’t want to hear any voice—even his voice. I just wanted to cover myself with darkness. I knew he would be asking if there was anything he could do. But I should have known that he’d already done it.

“I’m in Chicago,” he said. “I took the first flight this morning. “I know you probably don’t want to see anyone,” he went on. “That’s all right. I’ve checked into a hotel, and I’ll just sit here in case you need me to do anything. I can do whatever you want, or I can do nothing.”

He meant it. He knew the best thing he could do was to be present in the same town—to tell me he was there. And he did just sit there—I assume he watched TV or did some work, but he waited until I gathered the strength to say I needed him.

He helped me with things no man ever wants to need help with; mostly he sat with me and knew I did not require conversation, did not welcome chatter, did not need anything beyond the knowledge he was there. He brought food for my children, and by sharing my silence, he got me through those days.

*Bob Greene, "And You Know You Should Be Glad" (Morrow, 2006)

Ministry Highlight

I have a friend who lives in a village of Uganda called Navirumbe (Nah-vee-room-bay). His name is Noah.

Noah was raised by his grandma whom he calls his "jaja". His jaja passed away a little over a year ago. Noah was an only child of his parents Monica and Moses and was living with his jaja because both parents died of HIV when Noah was about 2 years old.

Uganda some years ago had a major epidemic of HIV and is still reeling economically from the loss of a large portion of their adult population. Many of the orphaned children now live with their "jajas". Moreover, there is an estimated 3 million orphaned children in Uganda as a result of the HIV epidemic. And sadly many children have acquired HIV at birth through transmission from their parents.

When I met Noah two years ago, he was about 33 years old. He was taking care of his jaja, 3 young boys: John, Fred and Noah, and a teenage girl named Resty. And now he has taken in about 9 additional boys. I support them because jobs and donors are few and far between.

Donations from larger ministries barely trickle down to these poorer families (primarily due to government corruption). And the really sad news is that there are thousands of children living on the streets there in Uganda who have absolutely no support.

Our compassionate God, who sees all things, is surely bringing light and salvation to Navirumbe and the world. May His name be praised!

Quote of the Day

"Do not look to your hope, but to Christ, the source of your hope"

*C.H. Spurgeon

Final Thoughts

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