Thank you so much for the overwhelming response to my announcement of last week. You have written in by the hundreds with words of love, care, and encouragement. Almost everyone has said: "Keep heralding the Word!" Many of you have shared your own accounts of heartache, and I am astounded at the pain that is out there. It seems like everyone in the body of Christ is under attack of some kind: emotional attack, physical attack, spiritual attack.
I have often wondered if God was going to make sure every member of the body of Christ is dished up a really hard situation--right before the snatching away. Is God setting us all up for the highest possible contrast with a coming deliverance? It sure seems like it to me.
I have never, ever
felt closer to the body of Christ than I do now. As hard as this experience has been, and is, I have never felt more surrounded by what I can only describe as an invisible force of love. I want to be this for you, too. More than ever.
Thank you for not only expressing your love and prayers for me, but for my wife as well. Thank you for telling me what this ministry has meant to you.
I am still writing, so I appreciate your patience. Though I have been working all week on this alone, I still have about 100 letters to respond to. I am responding personally to every letter, one at a time. Some of these are detailed responses. When I am finished, I will send out one more email on this theme, to make sure no one has fallen through the cracks.
When I have recovered from this trauma, be assured the work will go on. I am doing what I can for now.
Thank you again. Your friendship and encouragement mean more to me than you can know. Without it, I'm cooked.