tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563653781274242803.post8567993589957492056..comments2023-09-04T09:37:03.138-04:00Comments on Steve and Hannah Smith: 11 months since crash - 1 month to goSteve and Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338591078832813421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563653781274242803.post-44719363079255682382010-10-09T19:20:41.415-04:002010-10-09T19:20:41.415-04:00Hey, don't knock Bob Dylan!Hey, don't knock Bob Dylan!MTB Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00896554717191832755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563653781274242803.post-39668328110064022942010-10-09T00:26:44.425-04:002010-10-09T00:26:44.425-04:00One of the things I remember most about that night...One of the things I remember most about that night as we sat there in the ER waiting room was parts of a song that kept running through my head. The words were,<br />"God of wonders, God of miracles is here. He is here." And every once in a while I heard these words from that song, "Let the sick say, 'I am well.'"<br /><br />Yes, God is here. Always. In the good times, the bad times, and the ugly times. He is here.<br /><br />God sings over us. <br />The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)<br />Isn't that wild? Isn't that a great picture? Like a Mommy or Daddy singing to their baby. <br /><br />We sing a song about that. The words in the song are "You sing all around but I never hear the sound." Sorry, but I just can't sing those words. I have changed them to "You sing all around but I seldom hear the sound." Sometimes I'll change it to sometimes.<br /><br />And he's always speaking to us, even though we might not hear Him. I have been reading Quiet Talks About Jesus by S.D. Gordon. It's a great book and really makes you think. Here are a couple of parts that I love.<br /><br />"Man has 2 doors opening into himself from God - the eye and the ear. Through these God comes into the man and makes Himself known. Through these comes all man knows of God. Both have their hinges in the will, the heart. Man gave both doors a slam shut that day in Eden. <br /><br />Hearing and seeing lie deeper than ears and eyes, down in the purpose, the will, and desire of the heart. Unwillingness dulls, and then deafens the ears. It blurs, and then blinds the eye.<br /><br />God is spoken of as silent. Yet His silence may be simply our deafness. The truth is He is speaking all the time, but we are so absorbed that we do not hear. He is ever looking into our faces with His great, tender, deep eyes, but we are so wrapped up in something else that the gaze out of our eyes is vacant to that Face, and with the keenest disappointment, so often repeated, He gets no answering glance."<br /><br />I pray that God opens the ears and eyes of all those who don't hear or see Him. He is all around. Just look and listen. He has been waiting for you.<br /><br />We love you.<br /><br />Lorraine & ErnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com