Have you ever met someone who...
Posted: May 5th, 2009, 1:37 pm
...touched you by their faith, perseverence and joy in the midst of a staggering trial?
A family in our church has faced one trial after another. Their daughter endured extensive leg surgery to correct her leg with a lengthy recovery and rehab, lots of missed school, pain, and trauma. In the midst of this trial, mom started having some difficulties at work and there was talk of dad being laid off.
In the midst of their difficulties, they had been giving a lot of time to help with the church building. Dad has skills as an electrician and handyman and was there long hours many days. One night he called his wife at about 8 PM, he was about to call it a day and come home. Everyone was leaving and he was going to put the screws in one last rail piece for the balcony overhanging the foyer.
The wife was awakened by a phone call much later, he had still not come home and the fire department was calling. Dad had fallen twenty feet from the ladder breaking his arms, legs and two vertebrae in his back, shattering his ankle and wrist. He was alone and the building and thankfully he had his cell phone with him.
Mom has now left her job for the rest of the school year to care for him at home and they are living on his disability pay, which is only 60% of his normal pay. They are living by faith and trust in God, and they do not waver, they rejoice in the midst of a trial and trust God to care for them and give them what they need, to teach and instruct them as only God can do. I brought them a dinner tonight to help out, and I was completely amazed by their joy and the smiles on their faces. God is so good. I wanted to add if you feel led to pray for the Mallory's please do, they are precious.
A family in our church has faced one trial after another. Their daughter endured extensive leg surgery to correct her leg with a lengthy recovery and rehab, lots of missed school, pain, and trauma. In the midst of this trial, mom started having some difficulties at work and there was talk of dad being laid off.
In the midst of their difficulties, they had been giving a lot of time to help with the church building. Dad has skills as an electrician and handyman and was there long hours many days. One night he called his wife at about 8 PM, he was about to call it a day and come home. Everyone was leaving and he was going to put the screws in one last rail piece for the balcony overhanging the foyer.
The wife was awakened by a phone call much later, he had still not come home and the fire department was calling. Dad had fallen twenty feet from the ladder breaking his arms, legs and two vertebrae in his back, shattering his ankle and wrist. He was alone and the building and thankfully he had his cell phone with him.
Mom has now left her job for the rest of the school year to care for him at home and they are living on his disability pay, which is only 60% of his normal pay. They are living by faith and trust in God, and they do not waver, they rejoice in the midst of a trial and trust God to care for them and give them what they need, to teach and instruct them as only God can do. I brought them a dinner tonight to help out, and I was completely amazed by their joy and the smiles on their faces. God is so good. I wanted to add if you feel led to pray for the Mallory's please do, they are precious.