A reminder six months after the Taylor University traffic accident that claimed five lives

It has been 6 months since the dreadful traffic crash that claimed the lives of four Taylor University-Upland students and one staff member.

During Friday Chapel at the campus, Dr. Gregory Poland, a doctor at the Mayo Clinic and father of one of the campus' current students, spoke on this topic. It was so encouraging, I wanted to post the link here so you could access his message online.


http://www.taylor.edu/experience/chapel.shtml

In his message entitled "God is Here Today." Dr. Poland quoted from Brennan Manning’s book, Ruthless Trust, and other books and authors.

It was a stunning message and made us question the strength of our faith. Do we only trust in God when things are going good?

Dr. Poland also pointed us all towards the fact that no matter how much we doubt God’s love and faithfulness, He’s still going to be there for us.

Here was the clincher for me: He said, “If we can only be thankful for the good things in our life, then we aren’t truly thankful.”

I’ve had times when life is a struggle and I tell God, “You know, that didn’t have to happen to me. I was doing fairly well in my journey without that.”

But God knows “fairly well” isn’t good enough for us. He loves us and wants us to grow so, no matter what happens to us, we can get through it with Him.

Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. Poland. The passion is in his voice and truth in his words. You won’t be sorry.

Take care.

Kayleen Reusser
Kjreusser@adamswells.com
www.KayleenR.com