Sunday 2nd January - Who are we living for?

I am writing this blog from Telford as we have gone to Anne's parents and so will be able to blog until Monday as our new computer cable will not come until Thursday at the earliest.I went to church this morning and what an encouragement it was to be with the Lord's people, to praise him and know that God is with us in all things. God has been the amazing constant in our week of differing emotional and physical states. I was reminded this morning about who am I living for in 2011? Do I wake up and read God's word, do I enquire of his will and bring my ambitions, fears, hopes and dreams before him. God does not require riches or following rules or things of this world, we cannot stitch any of the tapestry of our salvation. He just wants us to come, humbly to him and accept Christ.

I am not sure of 2011. The one thing I do know is that God will be with us in all of it and that His character will not change. How amazing is our God. I have such a peace of what is to come and I pray every day for the success of the treatment which the doctors are being so positive about. Every day I am amazed at the way God is totally using my situation and how He is being completely glorified through our suffering and that's what I want. I do not blame God and He is not picking on us, He is with us in our suffering and has given us the strength to deal with this situation.

Our situation means that me and Anne talk so much more about spiritual matters and how we feel about our situation. Anne and I are of the same opinion of is that we want this situation to bring people to Christ. I know I am being bold in stating that but I am being forthright in that and want to be honest. We have just had Christmas with gifts of books, money, clothes etc but the greatest gift of all is salvation. I want people to realise the greatest thing to live for is Jesus, that all the other things will fade or spoil but He won't. I pray that people realise their need of him and accept him as their true and living Saviour.

Please if you are reading this blog and you don't have faith in Him, please search for it. Go to church, pray that God show you Christ, read God's word and ask Christ into your heart and if there is someone who reads this and turns to Christ please let me know as it would be the greatest encouragement to us both.

Verse for the day (Glen's favourite bible passage) : 1 John Chapter 4. We did nothing but Christ

loved and died for us.

Prayer for the day: Please pray that I may serve the Lord with a Christ like heart in the midst of our situation, to continue to pray that God would kill the cancer cells by His mighty hand or by the radiotherapy. That we would continue to sleep well, enjoy the peace of God and that we would seek him always. That people would come to faith in Christ and that head knowledge would become heart knowledge.