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Last Sunday Mr. Pat Chism gave the message in church. He was diagnosed a few days earlier with liver/pancreatic cancer and was given weeks to two months to live. He is an amazing follower of Christ and an example to the entire church. He is a mentor to my father and just an all around great figure. Everyone's prayers are that God gives us a miracle, that he is healed and is able to continue doing great things for the Lord. I don't know what to feel. I believe a miracle is already in the works. Mr. Chism's whole family came to church on friday. His four children are not in regular attendance and honestly I am not sure how their walk with the Lord is.
The miracle is they came to church as a united family. Each one of them were able to see how much their father was loved and admired. They were able to see how much God loves them. The whole congregation was in tears after Pat gave his message. As a family, to be able to see such love in one lifetime is unheard of. But with God we can expect nothing less. Our entire church was a family. I have never seen in my 13 years at Paseo del Rey so many people stay after church so long, just fellowshipping. It was amazing and I believe we all saw a little bit of God's glory that day.
Mr. Chism's prayer is that he finishes his last day living for God. I am so glad that we have a faithful God and that there is something so much better than this that we can look forward to. Mr. Chism knows that too. He has stored in his heart God's word and the truth that it proclaims. I know Mr. Chism is going to leave us one day and that day may be much sooner than we expected. I pray that we all can find rest in our souls. Understand that God is choosing to take him home to a much better place. I don't want him to feel pain in his last days. In Psalm 103 it states "Who pardons all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases." This is talking about God and His power. I believe this is true. He will heal every disease but they may not be healed on earth, but surely in heaven they will be.
If we live each day truely living, living in the way that God set for us, we will have no heartache in leaving this place.
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The miracle is they came to church as a united family. Each one of them were able to see how much their father was loved and admired. They were able to see how much God loves them. The whole congregation was in tears after Pat gave his message. As a family, to be able to see such love in one lifetime is unheard of. But with God we can expect nothing less. Our entire church was a family. I have never seen in my 13 years at Paseo del Rey so many people stay after church so long, just fellowshipping. It was amazing and I believe we all saw a little bit of God's glory that day.
Mr. Chism's prayer is that he finishes his last day living for God. I am so glad that we have a faithful God and that there is something so much better than this that we can look forward to. Mr. Chism knows that too. He has stored in his heart God's word and the truth that it proclaims. I know Mr. Chism is going to leave us one day and that day may be much sooner than we expected. I pray that we all can find rest in our souls. Understand that God is choosing to take him home to a much better place. I don't want him to feel pain in his last days. In Psalm 103 it states "Who pardons all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases." This is talking about God and His power. I believe this is true. He will heal every disease but they may not be healed on earth, but surely in heaven they will be.
If we live each day truely living, living in the way that God set for us, we will have no heartache in leaving this place.
♥