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By Dr. Dale A. Robbins We all know what it is to have occasional bad days. However, few of us will ever have to face anything worse than what Jack and Marie Martin did on one Wednesday evening. Shortly before 9:00 p.m., they received a phone call from the Highway Patrol, informing that their eighteen year old daughter, Becky, had been in a serious automobile accident. Less than an hour later, Jack and Marie clutched each other tightly, tears streaming down their cheeks as they walked out of the Jacksonville emergency room. Their daughter laid shattered and dead on the hospital stretcher, the victim of a drunk driver. Pastor Wilson had received the news only minutes earlier and had just arrived at the hospital as he saw them crouched together on a bench holding each other. The Pastor placed his hand gently on Jack's shoulder. "Are you OK?" He asked softly. Jack, a church deacon and a dedicated Christian for many years, looked up at the pastor. His eyes were moist, his lips trembled, but there was a faint smile. "Yes Pastor... we're Ok. Despite the grief we feel right now, we still have victory. We have the Lord's peace in our heart."
biblical grounds for divorce, she had to learn to endure and be patient for God to deal with the husband's heart. In this situation, her deliverance came internally as the Lord relieved her burden. He protected her from physical abuse and gave her peace and joy in her heart. Today her husband has still not turned to the Lord, but her peace and joy is no longer postponed to a future time when he might change. She lives each day in victory -- with God's peace and joy rooted firmly in her heart.
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ...Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us" (Romans 8:35,37).
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