by Victoria Krayna

Created on: September 04, 2008   Last Updated: September 22, 2008

Many thoughts run through a young mother's mind the moment she gives birth

and the doctor declares, "It's a boy!" My very first conscious thought was, however, not

so typical. I replied to the Lord as He impressed upon me His plans for my son, "Oh no

Lord, I don't want him to have to face the ravages of war. Please God, spare my son

from such misery". Throughout Jeremy's growing up years God confirmed His calling

for my son. Trusting God implicitly, I surrendered my son to Him.

It takes a purposeful study of God's Word to truly come to know Him in all that

He is. He is the Creator of sunsets and of hurricanes. He is the Creator of majestic

mountains and of tidal waves. He is Sovereign, Holy, God Almighty, Creator, Redeemer,

most loving and most terrifying. Jeremy called me from Colorado State University one

evening just prior to his junior year. He informed me he was going to enlist in the Armed

Forces. I disclosed to him that I had always known. I assured him that God would

protect him. Thirty days later, the World Trade Centers and the lives of many innocent

victims were destroyed. God, in His sovereignty created my son for such a time as this.

God tells us in II Corinthians that we are "epistlesknown and read by all men." It is

through clear understanding of the facts, principles, and concepts presented in God's Word

that one can manifest the person God declares him to be. If I were to be the only book that

an individual might read, it is my sincere desire that they will read Jesus in me.

God calls His children to prepare their minds for action (I Peter 13:1), to purpose

to increase in knowledge and wisdom (I Peter 15), and to do so with gentleness and

respect. God summons us to critical thinking, "Do your best to present yourself to God

as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and correctly handles the

Word of Truth." (II Timothy 2:15) Utilizing the tools of critical thinking; observation,

remembering, wondering, inquiring, interpreting, evaluating, and judging, we align

ourselves with the mandates of Scripture in every context of our lives. The decisions I

make in my personal, professional, organizational, and civic life are scrutinized under

this biblical lens.

Throughout the tumult of war I had to continually guard my heart from fear. My

son's wife spent much of the time during his deployment with our family. She was

reading the living book God had provided, page by page, chapter by chapter. Had she

found evidence of Jesus amongst the pages?

References

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (2001) Crossway Publishers

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