The events of life have poured in, Jonah has to pray the foxhole prayer.
Jonah 2
1From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2 He said:
“In my distress I called to the LORD,
and He answered me."
From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,
and You listened to my cry.
3 You hurled me into the depths,
into the very heart of the seas,
and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves and breakers
swept over me.
4 I said, ‘I have been banished
from your sight;
yet I will look again
toward your holy temple.’
5 The engulfing waters threatened me, [waters were at my throat]
the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, LORD my God,
brought my life up from the pit.
7 “When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered you, LORD,
and my prayer rose to you,
to your holy temple.
8 “Those who cling to worthless idols
turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’”
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
So it is with faith. And a couple of quotes to back this up....
Mark 10:15
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God
like a little child will never enter it.
Matthew 17:20
Jesus replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth,
if you have faith as small as a mustard seed,
you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there'
and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you."
Let's talk about what isn't in the news very often. Sudden Cardiac Death. SADS, "Sudden Adult Death Syndrome" A is arrhythmic, not Adult. The topic is of interest to me, I have arrhythmia.
AHA, American Heart Association, says Covid led to a rearranging of death causes. And because of Covid, Heart related deaths suddenly appeared more. The insurance industry said a lot more deaths of younger people. I know of 7 people in a year and a half. From age 35 to age 62.
As many as 450,000 Americans die every year from a sudden, fatal heart condition, and in slightly more than one in ten cases the cause remains unexplained even after an autopsy. Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and their colleagues found that nearly 20 percent of patients with unexplained sudden cardiac death -- most of whom were under age 50 -- carried rare genetic variants. These variants likely raised their risk of sudden cardiac death. In some cases, their deaths may have been prevented if their doctors had known about their genetic predisposition to heart disease. The study findings were published last week in JAMA Cardiology.
Other medical publications are assuring us it's not the Vaccine. And other medical publications are saying this is an effect of Covid long term.
Time will tell the medical reason exactly. The American Heart Association seems fairly sure.
But statistically Covid rearranged reasons for death worldwide.
I've lost a daughter at birth. Any death doesn't exactly mirror another. Sudden loss is devastating. One of the people I miss the most is my godmother Marilyn, who died at age 62 of breast cancer metastasis into her liver. Marilyn was a wonderful, wonderful Christian and fantastic godmother. She didn't want to go, but God gave her peace towards the end of her life. She would have loved to see her grandchild named for her grow up. And her other granddaughter too. Marilyn was holding her namesake grandchild at my grandmother Anita's beautiful graveside ceremony. Her granddaughter has her husband's eyes. And suddenly I was overcome at the idea of Marilyn leaving us. She held my arm and said, "All things work out, it will be alright." I'm grateful, Marilyn missed some of the harsher things in life.
My friend Brian in 3rd grade, the longest living child with Leukemia. Age 11.
Later, I heard a sermon about Cancer being something God doesn't control. That's not true. Psalm 116 assures us, especially the godly, have their time known to God, our Father.
We sometimes say we have beaten Cancer, we have cheated death. No. We haven't changed God's plan by science. The people who have died knowing Jesus aren't lost. They are alive forever, where we will live in Jesus eternally.
Psalm 116
I love the Lord!
Because He has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because He inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserves the simple;
when I was brought low, He saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest;
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
10 I believed, even when I spoke:
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 I said in my alarm,
“All mankind are liars.”
12 What shall I render to the Lord
for all His benefits to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
in the sight of the Lord
is the death
of his saints.
O Lord, I am your servant!
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
I Thessalonians 4:13-14
We do not want you to be uninformed, brethren,
about those who are asleep,
so that you will not grieve
as do the rest who have no hope.
Psalm 53:2
God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
Psalm 14:2
The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
Genesis 18:21
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out
John 5:17
Jesus said, "My Father has never stopped working,
and this is why I keep on working."
Abba, Father God,
May God Bless us by dwelling in us.
Bless us by dwelling in those we Love.
Bless us surrounding, upholding, comforting us
and Blessing us in the Highest Name of Jesus Christ.
May we be so blessed as to seek God first.
Blessed be the Highest Name of Jesus
for Fulfilling His Word to us.
This is the 36th Wedding year for Edward and me.
Surrounded us with Your Love and Light, Father.
Years have pasted, Father God,
and yet, we have so many rich memories.
Thank You, Father. Abba.
Mark 16:1-8
~ they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled
Alleluia, Jesus has the Victory.
Alleluia!
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