I am being tested!

I am being tested! But you know, I am sitting here with a smile on my face knowing that the Lord will provide for all the needs that the ministry has including our personal needs.

Today my wife told me that a friend of ours died of heart complications because they did not have enough money to do a much needed operation.  They needed twice as much as they had so the man did not receive his operation and he died getting a haircut this morning. I did not even know that he had a bad heart! We never know what is going on in the mind or body of a person. He kept his heart problem a secret, so he could work as a fitness trainer. The man had five children and now his widow who has no job and several very small kids does not know what to do.

I can't help but wonder if I did enough to tell him about Jesus.  Did I do all I could to let him know that God loves Him and is coming back soon to bring those that want to be with Him back to heaven where eternal life starts.  Will he have eternal life or will he be lost. These things go through my mind and it brings me to a desperation of sorts.  A desperate desire to do more for the Lord, more for my fellow man.  Is there time that I am wasting just doing things that do not amount to anything, eternally!  This is something that I will contemplate for a while.

As the date for the crusade draws closer, I hope and pray that I am found faithful to do all that the Lord wants me to do and to leave nothing undone that can be done for Him or shall I say for our fellow man.  Keep us in your prayers and continue to pray that those that have the means, will be able to see where it is needed, so God can prove His faithfulness toward us.  Have a great day and keep this mother and her five children in mind.  I am sorry, I do not know her name.  She is living in another province.  Keep us in prayer as well, as we continue to drive for the prize that is guaranteed to us all, if only we will pick up the cross and follow Jesus as we run the race.