Friday, July 10, 2009
Avery is OK...
Some of you may know that our granddaughter, Avery, fell off a couch last Friday and sustained a severe concussion. Spent the night at the hospital, underwent lots of tests, and is under observation at home thru Saturday. So, thanks God, she is OK. But this happened while we were in Tennessee with Herald of Truth for the Lipscomb lectures. Before we could arrange to fly out, the favorable reports started coming in so Marsha and I went ahead with our plans to take a couple of days in the Smokey Mountains.
Here is the rest of the story, and why being part of the family of God is so incredible. The Herald of Truth team gathered up to pray for Avery right in the exhibit area at Lipscomb. An elder from a church the Nashville area -- Jim Creech -- was by our booth, heard what was going on, and prayed with us. John and Diane Risse, long time preaching buds, were with us at lunch and not only prayed for Avery, but continued to check on us and how she was doing. A lady we did not know heard Marsha on the phone, came over to check on her, and said she would pray for our granddaughter. I don't even know her name. But she cried with Marsha.
We left a message for our small group with John and Jana Thacker. We all love each other's kids as if they were ours and we wanted someone with Julie and Bobby if the test results were bad. They thought the message said we were all in Tennessee and they were ready to fly up and be with us. Wow.
Called our elder buddy, Todd and Carla Hooper, because they have loved our kids and granddads. They went straight to the hospital and continued to check on them the rest of the week.
Mike Montgomery read the tests and he is a member at Southern Hills. Nice to have a brother caring for your family. Even more amazing, I could give any number of other names that would have done exactly the same had I called them first.
So we are really thankful to God that Avery is OK. And we are so blessed to be part of a loving, caring family of believers. Because we would do the same for them. And have. That's what families do. So what in the world do people do who do not have what we do?
We better share it. They need it. Just like us.
Here is the rest of the story, and why being part of the family of God is so incredible. The Herald of Truth team gathered up to pray for Avery right in the exhibit area at Lipscomb. An elder from a church the Nashville area -- Jim Creech -- was by our booth, heard what was going on, and prayed with us. John and Diane Risse, long time preaching buds, were with us at lunch and not only prayed for Avery, but continued to check on us and how she was doing. A lady we did not know heard Marsha on the phone, came over to check on her, and said she would pray for our granddaughter. I don't even know her name. But she cried with Marsha.
We left a message for our small group with John and Jana Thacker. We all love each other's kids as if they were ours and we wanted someone with Julie and Bobby if the test results were bad. They thought the message said we were all in Tennessee and they were ready to fly up and be with us. Wow.
Called our elder buddy, Todd and Carla Hooper, because they have loved our kids and granddads. They went straight to the hospital and continued to check on them the rest of the week.
Mike Montgomery read the tests and he is a member at Southern Hills. Nice to have a brother caring for your family. Even more amazing, I could give any number of other names that would have done exactly the same had I called them first.
So we are really thankful to God that Avery is OK. And we are so blessed to be part of a loving, caring family of believers. Because we would do the same for them. And have. That's what families do. So what in the world do people do who do not have what we do?
We better share it. They need it. Just like us.
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Glad all is OK, and certainly, the Stirmans have experienced this grace from others time and time again. It is indeed wonderful to be a part of this body...
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