FamilyLife.com asked, "If you had to write a final letter to your spouse, what would you say? Where would you tell her that you have placed your hope, and where should she place hers?" Here is part of my response:
I've learned that the old folks were right when they would say that they would have lost it all. For indeed, I would have lost my mind, given up, or worst if not for the hand of God. God has been my strength to steady me, forgive me, give me hope, and provide me with unfailing love. Even as I struggled in this life, I have found God to be all He has said He is, and more. I know that God is able, faithful and He will bring it to pass, my salvation, sanctification, and eternal life. I have trusted Him and I have lived for Him and in His promises.
I've learned that the old folks were right when they would say that they would have lost it all. For indeed, I would have lost my mind, given up, or worst if not for the hand of God. God has been my strength to steady me, forgive me, give me hope, and provide me with unfailing love. Even as I struggled in this life, I have found God to be all He has said He is, and more. I know that God is able, faithful and He will bring it to pass, my salvation, sanctification, and eternal life. I have trusted Him and I have lived for Him and in His promises.
Living or dying, I trust my soul to the unfailing love of God, and the saving and redeeming grace of Christ my savior. In Him alone I place my trust for eternal life, resurrection, and forgiveness. In Him alone do I find all that I need and all that my heart has desperately longed for. As David says in Psalm 73:25-26:
Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (NIV)It shall be for me, that my hope and anchor are held in Christ. And in Christ alone I have committed my life, my all!
So, living or dying I share with you and implore you too to make Him [Christ] your all. In Him you should place all your hope, trust and confidence so that, come what may you will stand victorious on the day of the Lord. Place all of your hope, confidence and trust in the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and of a sinner like me. In tears, in sorrow, in trial, in storm and tempest, in joy, in love, in all that life affords let Christ be your refuge and place of rest and you shall surely be strong enough to stand. Remember that He is able and He will be with you always.
Grace and peace to you from God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
With Love (& in triumph),
Cassius
P.S. I hope and pray that the day of this needed comfort exists in a far distant future after a life fully lived and given in love to my wife, children and Savior. #2076_and_beyond
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