https://hiddenheartministry.org/2015/06/04/staycation-to-the-future/ Inspiring and Empowering Woman to Pursue Christ and HIs Best for Marriage Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://hiddenheartministry.org/2015/06/04/staycation-to-the-future/#comment-1981 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:56:29 +0000 http://www.hiddenheartministry.org/?p=2150#comment-1981 What a beautiful testimony – and a challenge for all of us!

]]> https://hiddenheartministry.org/2015/06/04/staycation-to-the-future/#comment-1980 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:18:18 +0000 http://www.hiddenheartministry.org/?p=2150#comment-1980 One of my favorite hymns, Mary Suzanne, and precious Marie is one of my favorite ladies, as are you–like mother like daughter, and I daresay, like granddaughters. Hip surgery is not for the faint of heart, but Marie is what I used to call Daddy: stouthearted. Daddy, who had a glorious, basso profundo voice (I so wish you could have heard him sing to the rafters and beyond) used to love that Nelson Eddy song, “Stouthearted Men.” I believe we could say that Marie is a stouthearted woman. There is a psalm about being stouthearted (sorry, no time to look it up). Marie is just plain courageous, and she is a curious mix of courage (stouthearted) and enthusiasm (lighthearted). She has joy no matter what the difficulty. God lives in her. He pulses in her heart, and her joy with courage is evident in everything she undergoes. I am so sorry that she is suffering. Daddy did, too–more than anyone I know. But God gave him grace. He will do the same for Marie….and for you, who are witnessing this, wishing it were not so. I am so sorry. I know how this feels, wanting to take it all away, and not fully understanding why it is. But the Lord is with Marie and you, and He will undergird her and get her through this. I know it. Lean hard on the Lord, as I know Marie is doing. Praying for you both, and that the pain will vacate her body soon. Her picture is glorious. You know what? From all I know about Marie, I think in some ways she must be younger than she was then. Boy, do I want a young, courageous, jubilant, “stout” heart like she has. Love you both so much!
Lynni

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