Back In Action

Whitney was cleared to return to competition on October 8th after being severely injured by a crank handle (that dislodged from its position on the crank set-up) after practice on September 24th. She suffered a broken nose, fractured orbital socket below her eye, fractured sinus cavity, several stitches (to sew up a puncture wound between her nose and the corner of her eye), quite a bit of pain , and a deep color of black/purple eye that was completely swollen shut for the next two days. In all this, Lila and I know that God was watching over her...her eye had only a small injury and was slightly scratched at the bottom. Her vision and all important parts of her eye ball were not damaged. I do not know what good will come out of Whitney's injury, but Philippians 4:6 (Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.) tells me how to approach God with my concerns. John 15:7-8 says,"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." Our children do not belong to us, God has given Lila and I the awesome responsibility to train them up according to what the Bible teaches. I thank God for trusting Lila and I enough to do this job.