Tuesday, June 3, 2008

We serve an Everlasting God, Amen!

28 Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The LORD is the Everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.

He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of His understanding.
29 He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40: 28-31

Wow! What an incredible truth in the Bible. The very Creator of this vast, vast world/universe, loves us and takes care of us. The Vetsch family embraces that truth each day. We do become weak and tired, near exhaustion sometimes, BUT we do TRUST in the Lord for all of our needs. We are blessed each day. I thank God for each day because it is a blessing in itself.

Praises:
1) Theresa will be our nanny starting June 9th. She will work Mondays and Tuesdays watching Mary, Laura and Kayla, and keeping an eye on all the functions of the house.
She is a 45 year old Christian mom who has met the three young girls already. Theresa will be a very good influence on our family.
2) Sarah went to her hand specialist this morning and she had her bandage wrap taken off her left hand after her surgery. Everything looks good. There are some scars. So pray that the scaring is minimal. Anyone have ideas on what to put on scars to heal cleaner/faster.
3) Jason started working at Tomato Street restaurant last night. He loved it and they seemed to love him. That has been an answer to prayer.
4) Jason and Leah finishing up there studies prior to graduations on June 6th and 14th, respectively.

Prayer:
1) For Jason and Leah, as they do go beyond school and their choices now for the future, that they trust in the Lord for their decisions.
2) Getting the chore list and routine down, for the summer schedule (with school out).
3) Aaron is still looking for a summer job. He put in about 4 applications yesterday, so pray the Lord would honor his diligence in finding a job.
4) Pray for me. Sleep of late as been difficult. I wake up and can't get back to sleep at various time of the night. Being an engineer, I try and analyze why and can't figure it out.
5) Mary and Laura got their lambs on Sunday for 4H projects this summer. Pray for dedication to their projects, that they would alone do all the work associated with the care and training of the animals. They usually do, but prayer anyway.

Lastly, to those who are weary (and I know a lot are) keep looking upward. The Everlasting God, who does not grow weak or weary, will keep you strong.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Doug!

How true God's strength is. It's pretty easy when one's weary to give in to that weariness but somehow God pulls us up to keep us going. What a blessing! It was so nice to see you Saturday. We're really glad you came over. Again, you guys are always welcome at our house. Glad to hear you've chosen a nanny. I'm sure that will be a huge help with the kids this summer. The news sounds good with Sarah's hand. Hopefully the healing will continue to be fast and complete. Again, so so glad to see you and we'll see you June 9for sure. Again, if you should need any help with that please let me know. Thank you through all your weariness for continuing to take the time with this blog to keep us updated. I'll say extra prayers for a good nights sleep for you!! Take care.

Love and hugs to everyone,
Lisa

Marcy said...

Hi Doug and family,
I knew Susan through womens functions at church, and have followed her and your family through all that has happened. You have been a blessing to many. In answer to your question about something that will help heal the scaring. I have used vitamin E capsules to help with scars. Just prick it open and squeeze the oil on scar. You will be amazed at how it heals so perfectly and the redness will go away.
Bless you and your family,
Marcy

143Steve said...

Doug,

I am a friend of Michelle's in California! The vitimin E is a great suggestion... also Mederma works pretty well and Neosporin has a new product called scar solutions that is like a bandaid you wear all the time and it is supposed to reduce the scar might be worth a try!

Praying for you

Brittany