Sharing in each others suffering

Dear friends,



I have got Jacques and Sapphire literally ‘mounted’ on my shoulder and singing out just to get my attention away from writing. Jacques has tried Cartwheels and Sapphire has been trying to

Stand on one leg on a chair. She knows she could tumble and fall…but also knows I am more scared of that happening than she is. Sorry I am sending this twice but I pressed the send button

Quickly before Sapphire could try the delete button and I had meant to say hello to all of you and ask for God to bless you too. Don’t quit but send your needs to the Lord in prayer. He can

Handle our frustrations. He won’t judge us for being honest. If in doubt check King David out in the psalms. It is okay to ask God ‘why He seems to have forsaken you’



Such honesty brings about deep revelation and greater understanding about the purposes of God in our lives. I remember in 1997 sometime before my thirtieth birthday, I asked God why He created

Me. I had been going through a deep sense of desolation, and on that particular occasion I sunk to the floor in such despair which probably explains why I asked God such a question. Well, God

Spoke to my heart and gave me direction in the form of a stern rebuke not to question His wisdom in creating me. I later understood that whereas I could seek understanding of the purpose of

My existence, I was not supposed to ask the other question.



Dear friend, is your suffering more than you can bear? Well, meet a fellow sufferer. My very life has been full of challenge after challenge which is not always obvious when you give accent only to

results of God intervening in my life. If only you knew that what you have gone through and are going through is second edition or perhaps third edition to what someone else has gone through

maybe you will exercise courage. I wish I could pour out my heart to you. But I cannot end this e-mail the way I would love to because my children are calling for attention. Why don’t you e-mail

me if you are suffering. Write to me because I am a fellow sufferer. God’s word says if one member of the body suffers all the other parts of the body are also affected by this(1 Corinthians 12:26)

and when one rejoices the joy is shared throughout the body. Only a fragmented body or dismembered parts would choose to ignore the pain others are experiencing. True Christlikeness means

getting involve4d in the pain and struggles of another person. James 1:27 ‘Religion that pleases God the father …..’



God bless



John