Thursday, January 24, 2013
Life's tough, God's good, so pray hard
Well, it has been interesting around our family lately. Reminded that life is hard, God is good, so pray harder.
Our daughter Julie had prayers answered this week. As some of you know, she has been on a two year journey to resolve some pretty serious health issues. She had a procedure Wednesday that finally confirmed a diagnosis. I would tell you what it is but can't spell it or pronounce it. But it does have to do with her bladder and some other issues. The Drs. at Scott and White are the first ones to figure this out.
She has a treatment plan. It involves surgery next Tuesday and then some medication but Drs. are confident and Julie -- and her family -- are glad to have a treatment plan.
God did this. Some of our elders anointed her and prayed over her last Sunday. We asked for healing. We asked specifically for a diagnosis and a treatment plan if God chose to use Drs. for the healing.
We use small vials of oil during our anointings and we have our people keep what is left in the vial as a reminder of God's answering their prayers. And yes, we give it to them before we know the answers. But we believe. It is why we do it in the first place. Julie said during her procedure she kept that vial in her hand. Pretty cool.
Marsha's sister, Phyllis, is having back surgery in the morning. She and Marsha do significant caregiving for their folks so this is going to be a challenging few weeks. But Phyllis has been in a lot of pain and needs this. We are anointing her tonight.
Marsha's Mom fell again and it looks like the wheelchair is going to be her new best friend. Anointing her tonight also. Granny is amazingly upbeat about this in many ways. Love her faith.
Oh, and the Hanner dealership called and our Yukon is toast. I thought we might should anoint it, but Marsha thought I might be a little overboard on that. Well, didn't really want to anoint it, but we are praying about the new vehicle we will have to get.
And in the midst of all this, we are still a happy family because...
Jesus said in this world we would have trouble. Boy are we living proof of that lately.
God is good. He is answering prayers in amazing ways. God has a long track record of taking care of our family. And it only gets better. We praise him now and 200 centuries from now our whole family will still be praising him.
So we are praying hard these days. Because we believe God is the real healer, provider, and head of our family.
Life's tough, God's good, so pray hard.
Our daughter Julie had prayers answered this week. As some of you know, she has been on a two year journey to resolve some pretty serious health issues. She had a procedure Wednesday that finally confirmed a diagnosis. I would tell you what it is but can't spell it or pronounce it. But it does have to do with her bladder and some other issues. The Drs. at Scott and White are the first ones to figure this out.
She has a treatment plan. It involves surgery next Tuesday and then some medication but Drs. are confident and Julie -- and her family -- are glad to have a treatment plan.
God did this. Some of our elders anointed her and prayed over her last Sunday. We asked for healing. We asked specifically for a diagnosis and a treatment plan if God chose to use Drs. for the healing.
We use small vials of oil during our anointings and we have our people keep what is left in the vial as a reminder of God's answering their prayers. And yes, we give it to them before we know the answers. But we believe. It is why we do it in the first place. Julie said during her procedure she kept that vial in her hand. Pretty cool.
Marsha's sister, Phyllis, is having back surgery in the morning. She and Marsha do significant caregiving for their folks so this is going to be a challenging few weeks. But Phyllis has been in a lot of pain and needs this. We are anointing her tonight.
Marsha's Mom fell again and it looks like the wheelchair is going to be her new best friend. Anointing her tonight also. Granny is amazingly upbeat about this in many ways. Love her faith.
Oh, and the Hanner dealership called and our Yukon is toast. I thought we might should anoint it, but Marsha thought I might be a little overboard on that. Well, didn't really want to anoint it, but we are praying about the new vehicle we will have to get.
And in the midst of all this, we are still a happy family because...
Jesus said in this world we would have trouble. Boy are we living proof of that lately.
God is good. He is answering prayers in amazing ways. God has a long track record of taking care of our family. And it only gets better. We praise him now and 200 centuries from now our whole family will still be praising him.
So we are praying hard these days. Because we believe God is the real healer, provider, and head of our family.
Life's tough, God's good, so pray hard.
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