an inspired reminder.

Lately, I've been feeling sad that I have only a few more weeks with a couple of friends before they leave for school for about six or more months. I've known these two for about a year and a half, and they mean so much to me! These guys have challenged me, have uplifted me, have inspired me, and have shown me Christ, and it's just...going to be weird and different...not having them around.

We had our last revival of the year this past weekend, and it was our last revival with them for awhile, and I actually shed a few tears! Haha, I'm silly and whatever...but yeah... it's hard to separate from good friends.

Anyways, I praise the Lord for His reminders through His Word and through the pen of inspiration. It's just what I needed! Here's what happened:

I spent a couple of hours with them today in the library, and during the last hour, they were going through the fourth chapter of The Ministry of Healing entitled "The Touch of Faith." When I heard that, I got excited because my favorite passage from Spirit of Prophecy is on the last page of the chapter. If you haven't read that chapter, it's wonderful and powerful chapter! One of my favorites =] Anyways, I told them about my favorite passage and they kept that in mind. As they were reading along, they read a few quotations out loud and I got excited, so I went online and read along with them. Finally, they got to the last page and they liked it too! Yayy, haha. I told them about how God led me to this passage:

After SWYC 2007, I was going through a hard time. I was going to be separated from someone I really cared about and things were changing between us. I remember sitting in my room one day and was staring at my book shelf and I picked up The Ministry of Healing and I flipped to a page, and there it was: page 72. I read through it, and I knew that God gave showed it to me to remind me that He is there for me no matter what and that His love will never change, no matter if others' love for me does.

I told them that and they were like, "Praise God!" After we separated and I was walking to the dorm, I realized that God led me back to that passage for the same reason: because we were going to be separated for awhile. I thank the Lord for that time we spent together today and it's amazing that it was the very same chapter that had that passage. The Lord wanted me to remember that even though we were going to be separated for a few months and it's sad and all, He will never separate from me and us!

"Whatever your anxieties and trials, spread out your case before the Lord. Your spirit will be braced for endurance. The way will be open for you to disentangle yourself from embarrassment and difficulty. The weaker and more helpless you know yourself to be, the stronger will you become in His strength. The heavier your burdens, the more blessed the rest in casting them upon your Burden Bearer.

Circumstances may separate friends; the restless waters of the wide sea may roll between us and them. But no circumstances, no distance, can separate us from the Saviour. Wherever we may be, He is at our right hand, to support, maintain, uphold, and cheer. Greater than the love of a mother for her child is Christ's love for His redeemed. It is our privilege to rest in His love, to say, 'I will trust Him; for He gave His love for me.'

Human love may change, but Christ's love knows no change. When we cry to Him for help, His hand is stretched out to save." MH 72