Matthew

While attending a Bible Study Fellowship this past week, we were blessed to hear scripture quoted by a young man. He first had said he wanted to pray as the men were to close in prayer, but I guess he got a little timid and could not do it.

He spoke with such clarity --you see , he usually is hard to understand at times because he is a little challenged with his speech.

Joshua 1:9 will always take on a different meaning to our family now, as we will think of Matthew quoting it with such conviction, clarity and memory.

This would not be so impressive in our lives had it not been that he is thirty something and has downs syndrome. He speaks very little to all of us. His Mother taught him scripture when he was young to quiet his heart and fears if he was ever separated from her somewhere and needed comfort. She believes he knows the meaning and is comforted by the verses he learned. He does understand church and God (even if not voicing it or participating) and she says she believes it bypasses his mind and goes directly to the heart!

You see, we as "normal" people use our minds to complicate things of God. Oh to have childlike trust and faith!!

I once heard that spiritual death occurs because of 12 inches. You see, that is the approximate distance between the brain and the heart!!

Blessings in your walk with the Lord this new year. May you find Him in little things as well as the grand things!