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Greetings in the Lord and best wishes as the springtime draws near!
Although I’ve had some frustrating delays since the first of the year, work on Walking in Christ is moving forward, and with every page I write, I am getting more excited about what this book is going to be like. A couple of weeks ago, I took a few days to assess the work that remains to be done. Numerically, I’ve got 139 pages left to write, which sounds like a lot but it’s not nearly as many as the 366 blank pages I started with. I have begun to identify what needs to be included in the remaining 139 pages. Looking at what has been written so far, I’ve asked myself what texts and ideas I want to be sure to include before I run out of space for new topics. It’s an exciting time in the writing of this book, and I hope you’ll pray for my clarity of mind as I head into the last stage of the writing.
It is doubtful that I’ll have the book ready to sell on Amazon.com before the end of the year, as I had hoped, but it will at least be in the early part of next year, Lord willing.
As some of you know, I’ve had a bit of a scare over the past few months with some physical symptoms that seemed to indicate congestive heart failure. After all the diagnostic testing, I’m happy to report that I do not have congestive heart failure and also do not have any coronary artery blockages. Many of the symptoms persist, but I’m relieved that the big, scary possibilities have been eliminated, or at least delayed. Your prayers were effective in bringing about the Lord’s intervention in this situation. I thank Him for His grace and plan to forge ahead in the work, with whatever strength He provides!
I bought a new recumbent exercise bike, and my cardiologist has cleared me to use it. With my hip problems, I’ve not gotten much cardiovascular exercise in recent years, and I think having this recumbent bike in my apartment will be the single best thing I can do to build up my strength physically and even emotionally. And I’ve even found that pedalling away on that bike is a good way to work out problems in my mind when I’m stumped in my writing!
As I thank the Lord for you each evening during my time of prayer and reflection, I have lately been thanking Him specifically for your patience. Because of the unique nature of the work and the unusual aspects of my personal situation, it takes more than the usual amount of patience for people to support me. There are ups and downs, delays due to health issues, the multiplicity of projects that I’m working on at any given time, and any number of other factors. My work is never going to proceed on an “even keel” — it will always appear to go forward in spurts and bursts of progress, followed by periods when not much seems to be happening. But I am working every day, with all the energy the Lord gives me, and I trust that you know that to be true. So thank you — very specifically — for supporting a work that requires so much patience on your part. I do not take it for granted. And my constant prayer is that in the end, when by the Lord’s grace the work is finished (or at least as finished as He wants it to be), you’ll be able to view the work as a whole and be glad you helped to make it possible. This work is unusual — and its supporters are a special breed, in the very best sense. Thanks for being who you are!
Gary Henry – WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com
WRITING GOALS
Pray with me that I will be given the ability to finish these works by January 1, 2040
- Walking in Christ — Book 6 in the WordPoints Daybook Series. Target: November 2026.
- Going Home — Book 7 in the WordPoints Daybook Series. Target: November 2029.
- Seeking God in the Psalms — a 52-lesson study — theme for each week, studies for Monday-Friday.
- Ecclesiastes — a full-scale commentary on the text of Ecclesiastes.
- Encountering Christ — what the Scriptures teach about Jesus Christ . . . and why we should believe it.
