Article November 12, 2001 Issue

STRENGTH

Strong, with God

By Earline Shoemake

We were opening presents one Christmas morning ... when the phone rang. My joyful "Hello!" was met with the tragic news that my young son-in-law had just been killed in a car accident. "Oh, NO!" was my first response. I felt weak and helpless. But then came this message from God: "The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe" (Prov. 18:10).

When I got the news that this loved one was killed, the conflict that I had to settle within myself was between Life and death. Which was I to accept? I could not concur with them both since they were opposites.

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