To my friend who is brokenhearted today…

Are you broken-hearted? Do you NOT understand what the Lord is doing? I wrote this many years ago for my friend Jenny. You see, she had been paralyzed, unable to move in the course of 24 hours, from some ‘unknown virus’, etc. Jenny had ‘sudden crisis’ come upon her, but she chose to ‘believe God’ who promised healing to her in her inner being. God did not ‘heal’ her the way she or we were expecting- much like the way Jesus didn’t meet the expectations of the Jews back in the day in taking over the cruel Roman rule on their lives. But God was faithful to every promise. God gave my friend Jenny an outpouring of his grace and He gave her a peace and filled her to the brim with love. God is still using my dear friend, who is alive with Him now and completely healed, because she was a witness to me. And because I am surrounded by a ‘great cloud of witnesses’ I am encouraged each day to ‘lay aside every weight and sin that so easily entangles me’ and today… I have courage to ‘run the race’ the Lord has set for me. Let us be ‘encouraged’ to ‘take courage’ and fix our eyes on Jesus! We have everything to win, and nothing to lose…well, except our own ‘selfishness!’ Thank you Jenny for running your race with excellence!

Author: Toni Rypkema

I'm a believer in Jesus. Because of this, I am married to a wonderful husband and the mom of a large family. For those who have battled cancer, or any other tragedy or disease, you might understand, I had a choice to get better or bitter. I chose to give thanks to Jesus for my every breath. For that reason alone, wanting to proclaim His goodness, do I write - Toni