ONE YEAR LATER

Dear Anita,
How time flies! Today is December 8, exactly one year after Grace went to be with the Lord. It’s impossible not to remember. The scene came back to me very clearly. Grace’s blood pressure had gone dangerously low. The consultant cardiologist was around with his top doctors. They screened her up with the curtains, had the oxygen set up and allowed only Itunu inside with them. After a while, I went to peep and saw that the consultant himself was pumping her heart. I couldn’t watch it so I left and intensified my praying asking for a miracle. Then after a while, Itunu charged out from behind the curtains sobbing and saying “she is gasping.” The inevitable had happened. My first reaction was to turn my pleading with God into questions. “Must it happen like this? She has served you faithfully all her life with her whole life. Must you take her away at this time?” I even said that I am finished.
My updates during that period are the most opened and read. If you read them you will see that the Lord helped not to sit in the valley of depression. I took God at His promises and was able to hold on to my faith when God didn’t seem to make sense. Like David, I knew what God had allowed and expressed it but I also let Him know that I know that He is sovereign and will make even this work out for good because I love Him. I have been flooded with help and emotional support from all over the world. I also thank God for using my mails to bless many who read them.
The day I returned home from the hospital, knowing that I will never see Grace alive anymore, I said to myself, ” I will never marry again.” A few days later, God told me He is the one that said that it is not good for man to be alone. He will give me another helper suitable. Life must continue.

Thank you for praying for me.

George Buremoh

AS THE MOUNTAINS SURROUND JERUSALEM

Dear Anita,
Have you discovered Psalm 125? I woke up this morning at 2:00am and I couldn’t sleep. My knee is okay and I am not feeling any pain, but I was just awake. The thought that keeps coming to my mind is one of absolute safety and security. What a psalm of assurance! “Those who fear the Lord are like mount Zion which cannot be moved but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forevermore.” Can you believe that’s? And all I have to do is qualify to be called His people and then trust him. In our family devotions a few days ago, we sang in Yoruba “Will your anchor hold in the storms of life” I took time to explain what an anchor is and that a ship that is properly anchored cannot be tossed by the wind. This Psalm is so assuring. Once I qualify, I cannot be moved by the storms of life and the protection of the Lord surrounds me. One day I will like to physically see Jerusalem and mount Zion but for now I am satisfied to know that I am protected both now and forevermore. So I cannot be moved.

I just want to share the thought with you.

George