I have had occasion to be in the ER twice this summer with my daughter, Sarah.  Once for chest pains and the second time, an auto accident.  I must say, that spending hours of time waiting in an ER is not my idea of a fun evening.

I found that the really distressing part of an ER visit is not just your concern for the person you are with but also observing the human suffering that parades itself before you.  Heartbreaking ailments and injuries, people in pain and despair.  The thought that came to me as I observed was that Father God  never intended for us to suffer in our bodies and minds in this way.  His plan for mankind was so far removed from this picture I saw before me.  I began to feel some of His sadness for these precious ones whose bodies were undergoing the degenerative death process that was initiated by the curse after the fall of man.

I began to pray, silently, for those I saw, asking Father to help them, heal them, and save them.

Oh, the redeeming blood of Jesus!  The love and concern for us, that He would send His precious Son to pay the price for us!  That we would be with Him, forever in Paradise, redeemed from the curse and living the life He had always intended for us to have.  No pain, sorrow, sickness, tears or death, living in a glorified  body untouched by the curse of death.  Living forever with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit!

…endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
~Rom. 5:3b-5

We are a people of Hope.  He did not leave us hopeless nor helpless. In the time we must live upon this earth, He has given us His very presence in the form of the Holy Spirit to live in us, comfort us, teach us, guide us into all truth and to help us in our weaknesses.   He gives us love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
~ Gal. 5:22

How could we not love and trust a God who has so lavishly bestowed upon us and in us this marvelous part of Himself?  As precious and unique as the Holy Spirit is to each one of us individually, we also have the wonderful opportunity to share in Him with each other, corporately, at the next Wellspring conference in RockFish.

Please come and be a part of what He is doing in each of our lives. The Lord will meet you there in glorious music and praise, and in a special word He will have for each of us through His servant, Gloria Cotten; in prophecy and personal ministry; in fellowship and love and surely in ways we have not yet expected!  Remember to enter the contest for an expense paid weekend to the Raeford Conference (and other prizes).

Saundra Littleton

Saundra Littleton is in charge of hospitality for Wellspring, which is appropriate since she has a gift for hospitality. If Saundra could give one piece of advice, it would be to put Jesus first in everything you do! Submit yourself to Him wholly. Delight in Him, your Savior, your friend, the Lover of your soul, your Priest and Intercessor, your King, and out of this will come blessing, strength, health, love, peace, endurance, wisdom, discernment, everything you could ever want or need to walk through this life in victory and glorifying God.