Killentime - Writing by Scott Killen.

Patty’s Message

Posted on November 27th, 2009.

A few years ago, Patty Jones found me through the Edisto Island church web­site and began send­ing me mes­sages of encour­age­ment.  Patty offers prayers for our con­gre­ga­tion and has been a great source of per­sonal encour­age­ment for me.  Somehow, Patty finds the strength to spread Christ’s love and hope despite many per­sonal tri­als that she faces.

This sum­mer, Patty was very sick.  Many peo­ple thought that she would not live much longer.  In the midst of her pain, she sent the fol­low­ing to her friends to offer encour­age­ment.  I am happy to report that today Patty, my friend and sis­ter, is still fight­ing to let her light shine.   With her per­mis­sion, here is her message:

I woke this morn­ing to the sounds of the birds singing and the rain softly falling on the roof.  All day long we hear dif­fer­ent sounds and for­get them quickly.  I love to lis­ten to sooth­ing music and the beau­ti­ful voices of my fam­ily.   Some noises are dreaded:  the cry­ing of a child in pain, an emer­gency siren and the phone ring­ing late at night after a hard day.  When we lie down and wait for sleep to come noises take on a life of their own.  We often want to cover our heads and hide at each bump in the night.  Sometimes at the end of the day I tend to go over the mis­takes and short­com­ings in my life.  I can almost hear the beat­ing of my own heart.  But, out in dis­tance, I hear a sound that took place over 2000 years ago.  I can hear it as if it were right out­side my door.  It is the sound of metal strik­ing metal.  A swish sounds in the air and again the pound­ing over and over.  It is a hor­ri­ble sound that makes me trem­ble.  I want to shut it out and yet that sound freed me from my past and gives me a future.  It gives me peace from my heav­enly father and you must hear it, too.  It is the sound of the ham­mer dri­ving the nails into the hands and feet of my Lord.  With each stroke I hear my heav­enly Father say­ing because of this, my child, you can have the gift of eter­nal life.

2 Responses »

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   Mom

   December 14, 2009 • 2:52 pm

   Great encour­age­ment from Patty! Thanks for sharing!

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   Dad

   December 14, 2009 • 8:16 pm

   Scott, this is beau­ti­ful. She is a won­der­ful sis­ter who under­stands it.

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