“GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IN THE DEEP VALLEYS” by Tammy Maseberg, January 8, 2013
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.”~~Isaiah 43:2, NLT
January 11th is this Friday—a day eight years ago that my friend, Eleni, had her life changed forever. In an instant her husband and her son were killed by a drunk driver. Larry was 44 and Jeremy was 20. They were on their way home from Walmart, where Larry had just picked Jeremy up from work.
My dear friend and her 18-year-old daughter, Larissa, suddenly found themselves encased in grief—a situation that neither ever imagined being in. The news was devastating for everyone who knew them. Why would God take two people who had touched so many lives and who were, by all opinions, going to continue sharing their faith to draw people to the saving grace of the Lord? And, why would the God of love allow Eleni to now be without a husband and son and Larissa to be without a father and brother?