One nite, I sat on my bed just crying, sighing .. I was in a moment where I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO: I didn’t know whether having faith for the healing or surrender my dad’s life to God. So I just cried.

Since the diagnose, dad only survived 3months but it was a 3months filled with an encounter with God: he received Jesus Christ, he got baptized, we read the bible together everyday .. Until his last breath exactly in front of my face.

Its true, BAD things happen to a good people. Sometimes for no reason, Like Job had; God even allows the devil to TEST on Job and to destroy everything; including his animals, his houses, and also his childrens. What kind of BAD things more BAD than what Job had?

Psalm said: From birth to death, He is God our rock.

Sometimes YES, God allows the ‘failure’ to PURIFY our heart so that we can say “its not me, but GOD”

But For every season, and in every season, Our God He deserved the HIGHEST praise and the HIGHEST expression that He is the GREAT God.

A true worship come when there’s actually a hard times and you have a reason not to lift up your hand, but YET you still lift up your hand and praising HIM with the heart that SOLD OUT for Him.

My deep deep deep deep deep condolense for Tyson’s family. The strength, The peace may rule over the family.

There will always be things that will happen in this world, that we will not understand. But if we understood WHY everything happened the way it does, especially the bad things that happen, then we wouldn’t need a GOD to trust in and cling to.

I liked what you said, Pastor Chuck, about how God does not send the storm. Very good words. God does not send the storm, but He does bring peace amidst the storm, and He can deliver out of the storm. And He never leaves us during the storm. For me, that is the most comforting thing.

Thank God for the Woodys, and the McClures, and the church family (both near and far) that surrounds them during this time. Because the Bible says the world will know us by our LOVE for one another. And these people truly love one another.

Love. That is God’s gift. That is the power of Him who made us. That is the seed of Tyson’s story.

At one time during the service Tyson’s grandpa Woody asked all of us to raise our hands if Tyson’s life and story has changed our lives in any way. Hands went up all over that church! Lives forever changed all because of the life story of a precious two year old boy!

I had the privilege of knowing this child and his big blue eyes will forever be etched in my soul!

I ask you, take this opportunity and search your own heart and soul as I think you may be doing from what you have said here and let this two year old boy be the pivot point for your life too!

God will fill in that “large gap” you speak of between him and you. All you need to do is move forward towards God and He will do the rest. Come back to service and surround yourself with people who can help keep you on track. Keep reading the blog but please come back and join us in person.