Comments on: How Much Longer? http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/ {blog of adam} Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:55:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: The Big Diehl » Blog Archive » Joy. http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 The Big Diehl » Blog Archive » Joy. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:22:09 +0000 http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/#comment-2881 [...] you are not aware of my feet disability, please click here to read my previous post about that. This blog is more of a personal journal entry, but its one I [...] [...] you are not aware of my feet disability, please click here to read my previous post about that. This blog is more of a personal journal entry, but its one I [...]

]]> By: Anita http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-729 Anita Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:33:54 +0000 http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/#comment-729 As your mom I really remember every step of this adventure. I know our difficulties develop character, and our pain becomes our test and testimony. I think in everything we go through we have to try to see things how God might see it. What is the eternal perspective? What is the overall direction He wants things to go or develop? I think of Rom 8:28 "all things work for the good..." It doesn't say it's easy, but thank God for each experience, each day and each person we can effect for good. I thank God for you, Adam! As your mom I really remember every step of this adventure. I know our difficulties develop character, and our pain becomes our test and testimony. I think in everything we go through we have to try to see things how God might see it. What is the eternal perspective? What is the overall direction He wants things to go or develop? I think of Rom 8:28 “all things work for the good…” It doesn’t say it’s easy, but thank God for each experience, each day and each person we can effect for good. I thank God for you, Adam!

]]> By: pattiT http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-721 pattiT Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:39:22 +0000 http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/#comment-721 adam, i too live daily with physical limitations which i do not share as readily. i try not to focus on these limitations. i don't think you do either.i thank the Lord for allowing me to even be alive today & to be able to continue to be in realationship with Him, to allow me more days to fellowship with my family & friends & to be able to serve Him always. i love giving God the glory for what He does daily for me & for others. thanks for the word of encouragement today as i had a tough few days & needed a boost! patti adam, i too live daily with physical limitations which i do not share as readily. i try not to focus on these limitations. i don’t think you do either.i thank the Lord for allowing me to even be alive today & to be able to continue to be in realationship with Him, to allow me more days to fellowship with my family & friends & to be able to serve Him always. i love giving God the glory for what He does daily for me & for others. thanks for the word of encouragement today as i had a tough few days & needed a boost! patti

]]> By: Todd Helmkamp http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Todd Helmkamp Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:44:26 +0000 http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/#comment-719 Adam, that's awesome. Your closing really helped me return my focus to what's important. Thank you. Adam, that’s awesome. Your closing really helped me return my focus to what’s important. Thank you.

]]> By: Tara Lilly http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Tara Lilly Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:32:15 +0000 http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/#comment-718 Thank you for sharing this Adam. As you know (but some of the readers of this blog might not know) my 6 year old son Tristan was also born with club foot-only in one foot and not as severe as yours, Thank the Lord! As his mom, since the day he was born and was diagnosed with this problem, I have had that strong parental instinct to protect him from whatever negative impact it could have on his life. Sure I take him to his specialist, we did the castings when he was a baby and he has had two surgeries so far. I do these things because I believe that the medical intervention is the little "miracles" that God blesses us with to make the situation better. But there will never be a time when I can make the problem go away for Tristan, or guarantee that there won't be challenges in the future. I have hope because I KNOW that God made Tristan the way he is for a reason, just as he did you. In your case God's path was music and ministry, a path you might not have traveled if you didn't have physical limitations as a child. I don't know what the future holds for Tristan, but the man he will become may be defined by the character-building experience of not having everything "perfect". I know that Jesus has been walking beside me when I have had to let my son experience difficulty. What joy we have that every problem we face, big or small, has a purpose and is part of a great plan that has our very best in mind. Thanks for the reminder and a chance to share with others how much I love Jesus for bringing me through and holding my son in His hand when I don't have all the answers. Thank you for sharing this Adam. As you know (but some of the readers of this blog might not know) my 6 year old son Tristan was also born with club foot-only in one foot and not as severe as yours, Thank the Lord! As his mom, since the day he was born and was diagnosed with this problem, I have had that strong parental instinct to protect him from whatever negative impact it could have on his life. Sure I take him to his specialist, we did the castings when he was a baby and he has had two surgeries so far. I do these things because I believe that the medical intervention is the little “miracles” that God blesses us with to make the situation better. But there will never be a time when I can make the problem go away for Tristan, or guarantee that there won’t be challenges in the future. I have hope because I KNOW that God made Tristan the way he is for a reason, just as he did you. In your case God’s path was music and ministry, a path you might not have traveled if you didn’t have physical limitations as a child. I don’t know what the future holds for Tristan, but the man he will become may be defined by the character-building experience of not having everything “perfect”. I know that Jesus has been walking beside me when I have had to let my son experience difficulty. What joy we have that every problem we face, big or small, has a purpose and is part of a great plan that has our very best in mind. Thanks for the reminder and a chance to share with others how much I love Jesus for bringing me through and holding my son in His hand when I don’t have all the answers.

]]> By: joe http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-717 joe Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:04:05 +0000 http://blog.adamdiehl.com/2007/03/14/how-much-longer/#comment-717 You know, I was actually thinking about something along these lines the other day... How often do we realize that everything single thing in our lives is a blessing? Even the seemingly bad things are a blessing. I have a cholesterol related disease called Type 4 Hyperlipidemia. I inherited it from my father who inherited it from his father. How far back it goes, I don't know. But, I know that my dad has the perspective that this disease is a blessing. God certainly didn't give it to him, but that doesn't change the fact that its very existence is a blessing. My dad and I got to talking about this at Christmas and he pointed out that it could be so much worse, and no matter how much worse it could have been, Christ still died on the cross. We have an eternal hope, if we are willing to trust in it. God still loves us, and is willing to go to great lengths to reach out to us! It was very humbling, and encouraging, to hear my dad reduce the source of his greatest problem into his greatest blessing. Adam, it is just as humbling to see you on the same path! It gives me pause and makes me stop and think. You know, I was actually thinking about something along these lines the other day…

How often do we realize that everything single thing in our lives is a blessing? Even the seemingly bad things are a blessing.

I have a cholesterol related disease called Type 4 Hyperlipidemia. I inherited it from my father who inherited it from his father. How far back it goes, I don’t know. But, I know that my dad has the perspective that this disease is a blessing. God certainly didn’t give it to him, but that doesn’t change the fact that its very existence is a blessing.

My dad and I got to talking about this at Christmas and he pointed out that it could be so much worse, and no matter how much worse it could have been, Christ still died on the cross. We have an eternal hope, if we are willing to trust in it. God still loves us, and is willing to go to great lengths to reach out to us! It was very humbling, and encouraging, to hear my dad reduce the source of his greatest problem into his greatest blessing.

Adam, it is just as humbling to see you on the same path! It gives me pause and makes me stop and think.

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