tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376552030229103524.post7130839617797356297..comments2023-10-26T11:39:19.106-04:00Comments on Jack's ALS Journey: My Brother, Jack. (A Letter from Margaret)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376552030229103524.post-45938901357819580862011-11-09T11:16:29.592-05:002011-11-09T11:16:29.592-05:00Dear Jack,
Our lives, to my recollection, have nev...Dear Jack,<br />Our lives, to my recollection, have never crossed paths although I visited the church in Hamilton many times as a youth. Your name was a familiar one as many of my cousins children went to RCS. The tenderness which God has set in my heart when reading this blog has often caused tears of sadness mixed with joy knowing that the same Loved One who drew himself to me over 10 years ago is divinely orchestrating your life to meet Him soon. It humbles me to read these testimonies about a life I never knew.<br />Through Christ's love,<br />a friend <br /><br />Sovereign ruler of the skies,<br />Ever gracious, ever wise,<br />All my times are in thy hand,<br />All events at Thy command.<br /><br />His decrees who formed the earth<br />Fixed my first and second birth;<br />Parents, native place, and time,<br />All appointed were by Him.<br /><br />He that formed me in the womb,<br />He shall guide me to the tomb;<br />All my times shall ever be<br />Ordered by His wise decree.<br /><br />Times the tempter's power to prove;<br />Times to taste the Saviour's love;<br />All must come, and last, and end,<br />As shall please my heavenly Friend.<br /><br />Plagues and deaths around me fly;<br />Till He bids, I cannot die;<br />Not a single shaft can hit,<br />Till the God of love sees fit.<br /><br />- John Ryland (1753-1825)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com