March 13,1997
Dear Br. White:
It is always a pleasure to associate with brothers in the same faith. Sharing Christ with others always draws brothers and sisters closer together. Because we have come to know you as a dear brother in Christ, perhaps I may speak freely and in love when I suggest that it may be time to allow you to pursue other activities rather then continue to drive for us. While our need for transportation never ends, this side of eternity, we are aware of the frailties of humanity. Riding with you over the past several months has indeed been a joy to us and we hope it was to you also.
It seems that our only opportunity to associate with you is through
driving, therefore, even thou you only live 1 and 1/2 miles from
us, we may not see each other as often. This is a pity as Christian
brothers should endeavor to associate together with each other
as often as possible. However, circumstances often intervene between
what is ideal and what is possible.
We have been aware for several months of your increasing reluctance
to want to drive for us. As I have said before, our dependance
is on the Lord. It is not our desire to make you uncomfortable
or to foster guilt feelings, therefore, we will not disturb you
any further with requests for transportation. We part, at least
as far as we are concerned, with love in our hearts for you and
Shirley and nothing but good memories with the hope of meeting
you again, if not in this world, then most certainly in the next.
Faith in the Lord is a progressive experience. We either advance or retrograde. Sometimes the Lord allows us to suffer disappointments and inconvenience in order to remind us that our trust is not in humanity but in the Lord. He will most assuredly provide for our needs in the future as He has done in the past. We need not fear for the future except as we forget the way He has lead us in the past. Perhaps we have grown to accustomed to your willingness to help us and the Lord saw fit to remind us that our dependence is in Him and Him alone. It is through Christ that we live and have our being and it is to Him that we look for help, strength, salvation, peace, joy, and truth. He possesses all truth and freely dispenses it to all who value it and seek for it with all their hearts. Let us never grow satisfied, thinking that we know or understand all truth for there is an infinity of wisdom and counsel beyond our limited, finite comprehension. Let us constantly seek for truth as for hid treasure for we will most certainly find it, if we search for it with the full heart and understanding.
May the Lord richly bless. Your brother and sister in Christ.
Allen and Sevilla