Our Duty

 

Dear Prayer Warriors,

7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8 Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9 Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’” Luke 17

There are people who have been blessed by our faith in seeking the Lord during this time. they encourage us onward in the Lord and that is a good gracious gift. God has given us this assignment, it is our duty to go through this valley. We are Christ's bond servants, meaning that He has set us free. but in doing so we realize that there is no better place to spend our freedom than in the shelter of His wing.  So though we may be tempted to wander off to see what life is awaiting us outside of His care, we don't. Instead we stay committed to Jesus because being in His presence is the grace we need to get through this. 

 I would like to believe that we are being faithful to the assignment we have been given, and that many other God-fearing believers would make these same decisions we have if given this duty to perform. We serve the same God and He is our reward. 

“Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker,
    those who are nothing but potsherds
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
    ‘What are you making?’
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?" isaiah 45:9

Lindsey has become an authority on kids books on death. In most of the stories the grandma dies. We bought a whole collection, most of which aren't worth the paper they are printed on because of the humanism in place of God's promises. In some, there are parental warnings to not encourage children to believe that they will see their loved one again, crazy. the guarantee of seeing your loved one again has caused me to see how increasingly beautiful the Gospel message is, the hope that Jesus Christ holds includes me kicking it with Simon Diamond eternal glory edition. 

Lindsey had a powerful time of pressing into the Lord on her own during the retreat. thank you for praying, we got many more books for us adults to read which is good. Also, we decided not to jump into a Grief Share group right away because it might be a great resource down the road as we continue to miss Simon. 

Lindsey picked up some index cards and said "these are for verses to put up around our house as God reveals them to you." praise the Lord for the power of His Word working our grief into belief!!!

I hope this encourages you to know that God has made you for your trials, as He has me for mine. 

thank you for praying and reading

with love, 

Nic for the Currats