Was eating his breakfast when he
Was called to the Dean's office for
An urgent phone call.
His heart was pounding as a voice
On the other end of the line told
Him, "We just received news that
Your mother and father have been
Killed by the communists."
They had been missionaries in
Vietnam.
As I read the account of the young
Man, who later became a medical
Missionary himself, I could feel his
Anguish.
He cried out to God, "Why?"
God had spared his parents' lives
Before.
Why not this time?
It didn't make sense.
But as he wept on his knees in his
Dorm room, God spoke to him.
"David, do you trust Me?"
And once again,
"David, do you trust Me?"
It's true for us as well.
In the agonizing circumstances of
Our lives, the only response we may
Hear from God is simply a question.
"Do you trust Me?"
(From the book, The Hand On My Scalpel,
by David C. Thompson, MD)