Roarin' Lion Newsletter
MADE STRONG BY WEAKNESS!
I PRAY EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. I KNOW WE ALL HAVE PROBLEMS, RIGHT? SOMETIMES THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE NO END. AND JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE JUDAH’S LION HAS HAD A FEW LATELY. OUR BANJO, DOBRO AND WHATEVER ELSE PLAYER HAS HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH HIS HANDS AND WRISTS FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR AND ABOUT A MONTH AGO HAD TO HAVE SOME INJECTIONS THAT HAVE LEFT HIM UNABLE TO PLAY ANYTHING. BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THAT WITH RECORDED TRACKS THAT HE DONE BEFORE THE SHOTS. (THANK GOD FOR TECHNOLOGY) I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR BRANDON AND JUDAH’S LION AND THAT MEANS SO MUCH. I HAVE ALSO HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH MY BACK AND BREATHING (COPD). JIM OUR BASS PLAYER WILL HAVE TO HAVE NECK SURGERY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. BUT AS I WAS WALKING THIS MORNING AND MY MIND WAS ON ALL THE THINGS THAT SEEM TO KEEP COMING, I WAS REMINDED OF WHAT THE LORD TOLD PAUL,”MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE, FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.” NOT GODS WEAKNESS BUT IN OUR WEAKNESS. MANY TIMES I HAVE WONDERED HOW CAN I BE MADE STRONG IN WEAKNESS AND I’M SURE YOU HAVE TOO. I HAVE ALSO WONDERED WHY GOD WOULD CALL SOMEONE TO SING AND PREACH WITH COPD BUT I KNOW GOD HAS AND SO I PRAY FOR HIS STRENGTH EVERYDAY. THE MORE WE TRAVEL AND MEET MORE OF THE FAMILY OF CHRIST I SEE OTHERS WORKING THROUGH PROBLEMS AND SICKNESS TO FULFILL THEIR MINISTRY AND MISSION AND THIS GIVES ME HOPE.
RICK WARREN SAID IN HIS BOOK, PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE, THAT OTHERS CAN RECEIVE STRENGTH FROM OUR WOUNDS AND I HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN MANY TIMES. I PRAY THAT OTHERS CAN RECEIVE STRENGTH FROM OUR WOUNDS. WE LIVE IN A REAL WORLD AND WE FIGHT REAL POWERS IN HIGH PLACES BUT WE SERVE A GOD THAT IS IN CONTROL OF EVERY THING AND HE DOES SEE AND FEEL OUR PAIN. HE SAID HE, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU” AND YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.
WE DON’T HAVE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUR WAY AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE DON’T HAVE TO BURT WE DO NEED TO LEARN TO TRUST JESUS CHRIST AND IN MY LIFE THE DIFFICULTIES I HAVE FACED HAVE ALWAYS MADE ME LOOK TO HIM FOR HELP. I CAN ALSO SEE THAT I AM MADE STRONG BY THE THINGS THAT I THINK WILL DESTROY ME. “WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS WHO GIVES US STRENGTH.
GOD BLESS YOU, REED GREEN (JUDAH’S LION-JULY NEWSLETTER)