Its Only Werds...

Please remember Scott.

My youngest sister was married shortly after high-school and gave birth to a son. The marriage did not last but the ex-husband stayed in contact with the rest of us, my sister's family, and parented his son with her from a not-too-far distance. He ultimately re-married. He and I see each other a few times a year, as one of my favorite pasttimes is holding baby pigs and he is a hog farmer when he's not at his factory job.

His forty-five year old (second) wife of 15 years passed away last week. I know this is a difficult time for him. I believe he made a profession of faith years ago, but I also know he has struggled with worldly things and I hope he has found comfort in our words. My greatest concern is this: he was adpoted during his infancy. He was raised in an abusive and neglectful home, just above poverty level. When he discovered he had been adopted, it was under the most unpleasant of circumstances. When he and my sister divorced, I fear that was the second strongest feeling of abandonment in this life. Now his wife has succombed to cancer at a very young age. This brother-in-law of mine is in his early forties. So the short version of my greatest concern is that this brother-in-law will feel abandoned by God. Please pray. His name is Scott, God knows the rest.