Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Relief for Justin Theme of the Week: Taking the Long View Monday, October 7, 2002
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September/October 200255Relief for JustinTheme of the Week: Taking the Long View Relief for Justin Theme of the Week: Taking the Long View Monday, October 7
Key Bible Verse: We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us our full rights as his children, including the new bodies he has promised us (Romans 8:23). Bonus Reading:2 Corinthians 5:1-9
A friend's son, Justin, suffers from Tourette's syndrome, a genetic disorder whose victims experience uncontrollable body twitches and utter odd noises. Medication helps moderate the spasms, but there's no cure.
One day when my friend was traveling, his wife took Justin and his two sisters to a burger restaurant. Just as the hamburgers were unwrapped, the syndrome began to affect Justin. As his noises and jerks grew more obvious, the mother decided it was best to leave and eat at home.
As they left the restaurant, one sister, her eyes brimming, asked, "Mommy, is Justin always going to be this way?"
Later, the mother related the hurting daughter's question to her husband. "What did you answer?" he asked.
Turning her face to the wall to hide the tears that came in a rush, she said, "I had no answer."
"Oh yes, you did," said the husband as he held her. "You can say there'll come a time when Justin will get his inheritance from God. He'll not hurt or cry anymore. Justin loves the Lord Jesus, and God says he'll redeem his children's bodies as well as their souls. Justin won't always be this way."
—Bryan Chapell in The Promises of Grace
My Response: Remembering my inheritance today will help me cope with …
Thought to Apply: We see heaven more clearly through the prism of tears. —Robertson Mcquilkin (educator)
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