Bart

Today I am humbled to the very core as I read a fellow blogger's journey of faith. I want to encourage every one of you to visit bartphillips.blogspot.com today and read the incredible wisdom coming from this man. He is facing having open brain surgery soon. He has small children. He is very young. How brave he is - yet he would never say it. Last night we talked about the topic of fear in our Wednesday night Bible study. God opened up His word to us once again as we applied it to different situations in our lives. We got to sit and listen to a young man who just returned for a visit after a long stay at Teen Challenge in St. Louis. He has overcome a drug problem. He is very young. How brave he is - yet he would never say it. There's another young lady sitting across from him who, together with her ex-husband, is trying to salvage the remains of a marriage marred by sin. They have small children. They are very young. How brave they are - yet they would never say it. Next to me is a young lady who has been an example of faithfulness to us all as she struggles to bring up her small son in the wisdom of God while her husband stays at home. She is very, very young. How brave she is - yet she would never in a million years say it. On and on I could go - a couple who bravely face a daughter's unplanned pregnancy and marriage, a single mom with a toddler and a newborn, a young man laying his heart on the line for another, a single dad trying to make ends meet and start his own business, a couple who lost their 9 year old daughter in a car accident, a girl trying to make sense of rejection while trying to make sure her family finds a different way...this is only a few of the incredible people God has brought into our lives to inspire us and to prod us on in our walk with Him. They are all very young. Most of them have young children. They are facing incredible circumstances. How brave they are - yet not one of them would ever say it. They simply cling to their Savior with no intention of ever letting go. Just like Bart...