Psalm 97:11

Feb. 1999

In the midst of sickness and wondering whether or not I would ever have a day of feeling half-way well again, my dear husband began talking about "missions" again. I didn't see how in the world I could do it, but God moved my heart with the desire to go to Mexico, and I
began praying for the Tarahumara Indians. Before the year was up we did take a trip to Mexico and thought we might stay...but my husband made the decision to return. It was a very hard trip for me with my illness, but I feel like the Lord worked some "mini-miracles" for me in that I didn't get worse by going , and I think He also used the trip to show my family just how sick I really was with MCS.

Psalm 97:11

LIGHT IS SOWN FOR THE RIGHTEOUS, AND GLADNESS FOR THE UPRIGHT IN HEART.

Lord, yesterday You sprinkled my heart with HOPE again by sending this verse my way! Can I claim its promise? How can I claim to be righteous and upright in heart? Only by Your shed blood and Your imputed righteousness to me! The seed of LIGHT has been planted, and
by Your grace, LIGHT is growing in me. Like the morning sun that is getting brighter and brighter, ILLUMINATION and understanding are coming my way little by little, and true happiness is the result. This is true, and I rejoice in it today! Thank-You, Lord, for this
special heaven-sent verse which has brought sunshine to my heart again in the midst of days of sadness. The promise to me is GLADNESS...joyfulness and rejoicing...true PLEASURE IN THEE and in Your work. This is Your promise to me. It shall come in FULLNESS
someday, and it shall last forever! Hallelujah!

Yesterday I took this promise of GLADNESS, and You burst forth in my heart HOPE again....HOPE for the mission field...and DESIRE! Lord, is there REALLY a calling on our lives for such a mission? Humanly speaking this seems so utterly impossible, but You have given me a DREAM...a HOPE...a PRAYER for the Tarahumara Indians. Even if nothing comes of it, still it is the fulfillment of Your promise to me in this verse...for GLADNESS has come my way! And I pray that my burden for the Tarahumara will only grow stronger and stronger! I especially pray for that precious Tarahumara mother SOMEWHERE who, like me, is struggling with sickness in her body because of the poisoned waters. Open her heart for truth, and may the gospel come to her in power. And if You will, send me!