Our Summer of Love
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Elizabeth and I are extremely
thankful that we are part of the family of God. What a journey we have been on!
Many times we have been rocked to our knees, but we know without a doubt Who to
turn to for strength.
Psalm 46 vs 1 reads “God is our refuge and strength, an ever
present help in trouble”.
Mathew 11:28 reads “Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest”.
2 Corinthians 12:9a reads “My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
We thank God for all who have
been a part of our journey by supporting us in prayer, financially, by visiting,
staying with me at the hospital, by providing food, assistance with the kids
and also to those who helped maintain our home. We believe that this is God’s
grace extended thru followers of Him. The support we have received is
overwhelming and has come from people we know and from people who barely know
us or do not know us at all. We are very grateful. What a privilege to be part
of God’s family!
Ecclesiastes 4:9a, 10 reads “Two are better than one, if one
falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no
one to help him up.
Just a brief summary of our journey.
As many of you know my wife
Elizabeth’s journey started May 12 on her 40th birthday. Earlier that week she had
experienced flu like symptoms. Most of May 12 was spent in the emergency clinic
at Grand River hospital where what was first thought to be 2 separate issues,
the flu and a blood clot, escalated to the point that X-rays showed Elizabeth
James 1 vs 2 to 4 reads “Consider it pure joy my brothers,
whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of
your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you
may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
John 14:14 reads “You may ask for anything in my name, and I
will do it.
For the 2 plus weeks following, God extended his grace to us by carrying us thru multiple surgeries in order to remove infection, thru concerns regarding major organs, to a point on May 27 where things began to slowly improve. We praise God that
1 Peter 1:3-9 reads “Praise be to the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living
hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an
inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you, who
through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation
that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have
had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith
– of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may
be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ
is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; even though you do not
see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and
glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of
your souls.
We would value your continued prayers for the following;
- Our
immediate family as we find the new
norm for our lives
- Scott’s
return to work
- For extended family who have been very involved in supporting us as they transition slowly to normalcy in their lives
We sign off by saying that God has richly blessed us by
granting us 2 beautiful children, by working so many miracles in Elizabeth’s health and by
surrounding us with so many loving people. Thanks for supporting us in this
summer of love. We do feel very loved. May we all choose to be good stewards of
what God has given us, which is all that we possess.
To all may God bless you for serving him.
Love in Christ,
The Ruppert's
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