Awesome Opportunity to Serve

I will testify at any given moment that God has given Sonia and I an awesome opportunity to serve Him on opposite shores: I on the shores of the Potomac and she on the shores of the Tigris. (See Daniel 10:4). When I drive by the Potomac River I remember the life changing vision Daniel had as he walked by the Tigris River. Sonia can see that very same river when she peers from the windows of her intensive care unit in that Baghdad hospital.

Our joint prayer is that God will make the changes in our lives, right by the river where we stand. Changes that He purposes as we look forward to serving Him together the rest of our lives. True, there are times at night that I cry. And then I find that God was there all the time to give rest and peace in the time of trial. This year-long separation only makes our yearning more intense. I want my yearning for God to just as intense and unyielding. I know God feels the same. I long for Him with ever increasing intensity. I know this because my wife has mandated me to be ready for her coming. She wants, no commands that I loose 10 pounds and build up my stamina, because, she says, "I haven’t seen my husband in I don’t know how long, so be ready!” I not only want to be ready for her, I want to be ready for Christ’s return. I am focused on that as much as my beloved wife is focused on her return. I want to be ready.
December 30, 2005