A little background to this story. When she was 58 years old, Muriel McQuilken was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. At the time, her husband, Robertson, was the president of Columbia Bible College and Seminary, world renowned as a New Testament scholar and speaker.
They had been married for 40 years. She lost her basic skills to speak, reason, dress and feed herself. In 1990, Robertson resigned his post and went home to care for her wife. He had to say “no” to his calling. His career. His ministry. This audio was from his resignation speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pX1phIqug
What shall we say in response to this? Many things, but at least this much: God will not call us to do something that violates what WE KNOW He’s called us to do already.
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Lots of tears over here.
Oh my. That is beautiful. And something we all need to hear. Thank you for sharing that, Michael.
God always keeps His promises to us — and then some. If we truly love and honor Him, we will do the same for the people we love — and then some.
BTW, I am proud that Robertson McQuilken is a LifeWay author.
I love it when people bring it with both their words and their lives.