Faithfulness...

Thursday, April 21, Pastor Scott from Waterbury came to speak in Elementary chapel. His message was about faithfulness. He had a power point presentation that he used. He asked the kids if they would be faithful in the things that they do. He used some different examples, but he talked about Timothy and how his life was threatened in one place, but was asked to go back to that very place to preach about Christ. He was willing to go back. Pastor Scott used that to show how even in the face of such danger Timothy was faithful to the Lord. He also used a couple of personal examples. He mentioned a friend who was actually in his wedding. This man was married and had two kids, after a while this family wasn't in church as often. This man was a painter and built houses and was making a great living for himself. Some time later it was found out that the wife had multiple sclerosis, it ended up being very aggressive and quick working. At one point when it got bad enough, this man brought his wife to her parents house and took off his wedding ring and placed it on the table and left, leaving his two kids behind as well. The wife died at her parents, the kids were being raised by people in the community, and this man was living his own life. It ended up being that this man lost his money, and of course he had already lost his family. This was an example of a man who when things got tough, wasn't willing to be faithful. Then he shared the story of his Father-in-law. His wife also ended up getting multiple sclerosis. This man took care of his wife for 10 years without complaining. He kept her at home and took great care of her. When he was physically unable to carry her around and take care of her he put her in a convalescent home. Even then every day he would go in the morning to feed her, come back in the afternoon, and in the evening to feed and care for her. He was so faithful, if there was ever a day when he wasn't able to be there, the caretakers would wonder where he was. That story of his father-in-law brought tears to my eyes. What a blessing to hear of the faithfulness that he had taking care of his wife. I can only pray that I will be able to be that faithful in taking care of my mom. It was a longer chapel than we normally have, but was so good, and the kids sat nicely the whole time.
Lord, help me be faithful to you even in the hard times. It is not always an easy thing, but remind me of these lessons on faithfulness, so I will be faithful to you.