My son sent the most beautiful letter this week and I wanted to share some of it with you. The first line had my eyes squirting with tears!! He said, "Here's a thought I had the other day, from God to you. You trust in the path I laid out for My Son, now trust in the path I've laid out for yours". I have to pause for a minute to say WOW! God gave His Son to save the world. Can I trust God enough that the path He has laid out for my son is for His purpose and His glory? Matt goes on to say, "While this might not be the best place to learn lessons, it may also be the best place to learn lessons. I'm discovering a strength and a peace inside of me that goes beyond anything I knew existed. When I was reading my Bible last night, my "friend" (the one that we prayed God send to Matt!!) came over and was talking to me and mentioned that we should start a mini Bible Study. I told him that it was a great idea, so we'll probably start that one day this week. There are "good" people in prisons. While I am still staying on my toes and being careful, I can't become an angry, untrusting person. I like to think I've got enough "street smarts" to recognize and avoid bad people or bad situations, which are actually fairly easy to spot in here since I've got so much time to watch and observe. There's a small handful of people I talk with and most of the others I just ignore. I still use Romans 12:21 as one of my guiding verses, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good". Just because evil things have happened doesn't mean I need to become less of a good person. I need to be a smarter person, but not an angrier person."
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How beautiful. Thank you for reminding me that God does have a plan and that his plans are to prosper and not to harm, and to bring hope and a future. I often times wonder what good can ever come of my son spending 18 years in mail, but God says he knows the plans for all of us, so I have to trust him. Hard to do sometime, but faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. Thank you for sharing.