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And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. - I John 5:14

A full week is winding down.  I think I am ready for my second funeral of the week; the sermon is mostly together for Sunday (I think). This, coming off serving at an exhilarating but exhausting Walk to Emmaus (sort of a retreat) weekend in West Virginia.  I haven’t been home much; I’ll need to reintroduce myself to Susie.

I ache for a couple of families in our church. Both lost husbands and fathers and brothers at a far too young of an age.  The sadness and stress is etched in friend's faces.  I have done my best to offer the hope of the gospel, but more than that I count on the Holy Spirit to work through me…in spite of myself.  By the way, that is my daily prayer.  That the one who is “greater than I” (to quote John the Baptist – visit Mark 1:7) will work through me…in spite of myself.

There have been many prayers, and this I know: it is not that I count on God be some sort of cosmic genie that grants my every desire; I simply trust that prayers are heard and are being answered, according to his will and drenched in his grace.  Lord, be with these families.  

He hears us.  And I work in confidence that he is good and that his will is perfect.  More of him, and less of me (paraphrasing John the Baptist –visit John 3:30). 

And all will be good.