Fallen But Never Down

I love Facebook memories. Here’s one I wrote about my sister Mary’s MS journey 4 years ago today. Sweet lessons and memories of His presence!

Most everyone reading this knows and loves my precious sister Mary. Her enemy is multiple sclerosis. However, she has such a Christ like attitude that I’m not even sure if she considers MS an enemy. I’ve often wondered why someone so precious was allowed to have this horrible disease. Why not a mean and cruel person? Our pea brains should never try to second guess God! He’s got this!!!

She’s declining daily and we know she will not be with us long term. I’ve often wondered Gods’ purpose for her still being with us in her current and challenging condition of digression. Well, I’m not in charge, thank goodness!

Many believe, as I do, that “to be absent from the body . . . [is] to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8). But I struggle to accept the suffering my precious sister must endure before she leaves this world. Why must she suffer so much now? If God isn’t going to heal her, why won’t he just take her home to her reward?

Well, Mary Carlene is a conqueror. Conquerors are satisfied to know that God loves them. Pain and death may destroy their bodies, but they know their souls will live forever because of God’s love. With that knowledge, these conquerors can live with unanswered questions. They don’t confine God to a box of neatly packaged answers. They are able to depend on God without demanding explanations from him. Pain and death have not destroyed them. Mary’s love for Jesus, and her faith in God’s love for her keeps her faithful to him. And I know she will remain faithful until she is with God and the other Angels in heaven.