Jesus Does All Things Well
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:19 pm
Jesus Does All Things Well
Once, a set of twins was born. ‘Jonny’, the older one, was perfectly healthy. ‘Ronny’, the younger one, was born with cerebral palsy. His brain would never function like his brother’s. He would never know a day without pain and medication. He would never even have the mental capacity to know why he was in pain.
When he was young, Jonny would pray that God would heal Ronny. He never understood why God allowed his little brother to be unable to play with him and his older brother.
The twins grew up. Jonny graduated from high school, then from college. He got married, had a little girl, and became a Southern Baptist preacher. Ronny never did any of that. He never learned to talk, never learned to walk, to read, never married, never even moved out of his parents’ home, could never stay alone, never learned to feed himself.
As he grew, Jonny’s question changed. He started asking God why He left Ronny here. Why not just take him home where he will have a restored mind and body without pain?
Reading a story like this, one might ask how anyone could say God is good.
Thing is, this isn’t just a story. This is real, except some name changes. Do you know how I know? I am that little girl. ‘Jonny’ is my dad. My uncle ‘Ronny’ is more dependent on his parents than I am. Yet I can say that God is assuredly good.
In spite of all his twin has been through, or maybe because of it, my dad stood up in the pulpit this very morning and preached on the subject, “By faith, we believe He does all things well.”
Once, a set of twins was born. ‘Jonny’, the older one, was perfectly healthy. ‘Ronny’, the younger one, was born with cerebral palsy. His brain would never function like his brother’s. He would never know a day without pain and medication. He would never even have the mental capacity to know why he was in pain.
When he was young, Jonny would pray that God would heal Ronny. He never understood why God allowed his little brother to be unable to play with him and his older brother.
The twins grew up. Jonny graduated from high school, then from college. He got married, had a little girl, and became a Southern Baptist preacher. Ronny never did any of that. He never learned to talk, never learned to walk, to read, never married, never even moved out of his parents’ home, could never stay alone, never learned to feed himself.
As he grew, Jonny’s question changed. He started asking God why He left Ronny here. Why not just take him home where he will have a restored mind and body without pain?
Reading a story like this, one might ask how anyone could say God is good.
Thing is, this isn’t just a story. This is real, except some name changes. Do you know how I know? I am that little girl. ‘Jonny’ is my dad. My uncle ‘Ronny’ is more dependent on his parents than I am. Yet I can say that God is assuredly good.
In spite of all his twin has been through, or maybe because of it, my dad stood up in the pulpit this very morning and preached on the subject, “By faith, we believe He does all things well.”
Great job focusing this back on God. Jesus does indeed do all things well.
