God's Interweaving

I've hesitated to add another post since Jenny added the slideshow, since I didn't want to make the slideshow post difficult to find.

Following is a journal entry of Steven's from July 5, 1997 (4 years after the collision)...

John 9:30 "It is finished"
Lord-
You knew that You must first complete the work that God had laid out for you before You went home. You waited until the work was completely done and then, at that point, You went home. Lord, I must do the same thing. I must wait until my true work for You is done, and then - not before - I will go home. Lord, I thank You that my home is waiting for me - it is secure.
In Jesus
Amen

Steven's work here on earth is now, in a sense, finished. Yet still today God continues to weave lives and situations together with the threads of Steven's suffering, extending the work of his perfect plan for Steven's life. An example of that was in the selling of our disability rampvan.

Our son-in-law, Tim Crowe, got an e-mail at work stating how another co-worker, Bert, was looking for a disability van for his disabled stepdaughter, Rachael. Tim instantly responded, Bert called me, and the next day I picked up Nancy (Rachael's mom) to show her the van. Nancy and I immediately related because of the similarity of our situations. Nancy's daughter Rachael, a lovely 22-year-old about to graduate from Bible College, was severely brain injured from an accidental electrocution. Rachael struggles with all and more of everything that Steven dealt with. She has very severe tone causing an almost total inability to move and extreme communication problems (See Rachael's webpage at lovetorachael.org).

Nancy ultimately bought the van and drove it home. But God had more in mind than just selling the van. It was such a blessing for us to be able to share with each other - and continue to share over the coming days - a sharing that I am sure will continue on.

Today my daughter Amy (Tim's wife) told me that one of the women in a sunday school class she attended (in a new church) shared how watching Steven's slide show on our blogspot had helped her. Another man in the class spoke up about how a different blogspot had been such a benefit to him. He told the story of two former Christian school teachers whose daughter was severely brain injured by electrocution.

Yes, it was the same family that we sold the van to.

God's weaving of the threads of our life goes on - both in our lifetime - and beyond our lifetime - for the praise of His glory.