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Not of Ourselves

Acts 14:15 "Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you.  We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them."

This is one of the hardest things to convince people as we journey.  Often times people praise my family for our faith and our strength.  Throughout this entire journey, we have been trying to explain to people that it is not about us.  We are not that amazing.  We do not have strength or peace of our own accord.  We are able to walk this journey because of God.  I don't know how to say it any simpler.  People always tell me how brave my mom is or how strong she is.  Don't get me wrong, my mom is pretty great.  But it's God in her that makes her so great.  She is able to walk this road because she has the resurrected Christ living in her and walking this road with her.  I believe most of the time he is carrying her at this point.  And as for Dad, he's been saying all along that his peace and focus is not because of anything he's doing.  It's the truth.  Dad is a worrier and if he were in control, he would not be able to continue doing what he does because his focus would be solely on Mom.  The Spirit is at work, pouring into both of them to give them what they need for this journey.  Liz and I have the same thing.  We have a peace that passes all understanding and we know exactly where it is coming from.  It is of God.  The Spirit is poured out on us daily in abundance.  We pray that you may all know with your hearts the peace and strength that we have been given through Jesus Christ; this is not of ourselves, but from the Giver of Life.  Praise God, not us, for what He is doing on this journey. To Him be the glory!

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