Nothing can ever separate us from God’s love

My heart is heavy today for Ian and Livi and their families.

Ian is coming home today and although it is wonderful that he will be home, it is also a scary thing for the family to be responsible for his medical care. Please pray for them. Pray that Ian wakes up soon.

Livi is still very sick. They are considering experimental meds to help her. Please pray for wisdom for the doctors and her parents to know what the best course of treatment for her is. Pray that the Lord will heal her.
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...It appears that if you are to become a great believer, you will be greatly tested. If you are to be a great helper to others, you must pass through their trials... The uncut diamond has little brilliance, the unthreshed corn feeds no one, and the untried believer is of little use or beauty. There are great benefits to come from your trials and depression.

Many people have a comparatively smooth path through life, but their position is not the equal of the tested believer... If your face is now covered with sorrow, the time will come when you will bless God for that sorrow. The day will come when you will see great gain from your losses, your crosses, your troubles, your afflictions:

From all your afflictions His glory shall spring,
And the deeper your sorrows the louder you'll sing. ~ C.H. Spurgeon
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 (NIV)

If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Romans 8:31, 32 (NIV)

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Romans 8:35 (NIV)

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39 (NIV)

No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39 (NLT)