The results from the first poll are in and it revealed your biggest fear is your family being harmed. To paraphrase former President Franklin Roosevelt, our biggest fear is often fear itself. I can understand this to a point since I had thought my entire family had been lost in a car accident, nearly ten years ago. But there is someone who knows exactly what it feels like to lose his entire family.
On Labor Day weekend of 2003, Robert Rogers, his wife and their four children were caught in a flash flood in Kansas. In a matter of minutes, Robert, lost everything he cherished most and only he would miraculously survive. He had every right to give up, but when Robert’s worst fears were realized he turned them over to the only One who could truly save him, Jesus.
In the aftermath, Robert started a ministry called, Mighty In The Land, designed to help encourage families to keep their priorities right. Whenever I hear his story and his motto: “Know God, No Regrets” it becomes obvious he is someone who fears God, not circumstances. He now is remarried with two children and also keeps his family’s memory alive by seeking to support five orphanages worldwide, with three having already been established. Each orphanage will ultimately bear the name of each of his family members whose addresses have been changed to heaven.
I will leave you with a quote Robert made a few days after the tragic loss of his family. “Savor every single precious minute with your spouses and children, hug and kiss them every morning and evening, tell them over and over how much you love them.” Perhaps instead of fearing, we should be focusing and finding where our priorities truly lie.
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For Robert Rogers’ full story or more details on his ministry please visit: www.MightyInTheLand.com
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