Wednesday

“Let your eyes look forward;

fix your gaze straight ahead.

Carefully consider the path for your feet,

and all your ways will be established.”

~Proverbs 4:25-26, HCSB~

Don Denton

Don is now on the neurology floor. His status has not changed. He is stable, but he is not able to eat nor sit up. His headaches are a constant. There is a possibility that these headaches could be partly from what they call: low pressure on the brain. This can occur from the lumbar drain. They did take the lumbar drain out yesterday.

We did not meet with the neuro team today. They have assured us that they will meet with us tomorrow.

They did another CT Scan last night and they will be doing another MRI in the morning.

Tonight my goal is to get to bed earlier. We have another long day tomorrow.

We continue to give thanks to God for Anne and Frank who have so generously and graciously opened their home to us again.

I am reminded in the midst of all of this difficulty in our life that God tells us to believe like a child. I was reminded of that tonight when my son, Frank and his grandaughter were outside and Josh saw lightening bugs. His eyes lit up and the wonder and awe that flowed from his expressions were a breath of fresh air to me. For those moments I was able to take delight in his delight and enjoy the moment. He caught them, put them in jar and they were his “nightlight” for a few moments tonight.

I have talked often of “perspective” when I write. Tonight was another one of those times that God has reminded me that He delights in us. He loves us in the midst of this terrible thing that has happened to our family, to my husband. He loves us through his people.

So thank you God for your wonder, for your love and your grace and mercy, which we so need. Thank you God for those who reach out to my son, Don and me.

Bless you
Diane

Baptist Press

June 2, 2009

WASHINGTON–Evangelicals frustrated by Obama’s ‘Gay Pride Month’ proclamation. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30597

KENYA–Aid targets famine in Kenya’s Rift Valley. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30598

TEXAS–CP helps ‘reap more than you sow.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30599

TENNESSEE–CP down 2.78%; off ’09 budget by 1.85%. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30600

ALABAMA–FIRST-PERSON (Chris Bonts): Thank you, Southern Baptists. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30601

TENNESSEE–FIRST-PERSON (Kenneth S. Hemphill): Once upon a time.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30605

ARKANSAS–Ouachita marks 10th anniv. of tragic plane crash. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30602

KENTUCKY–FIRST-PERSON (R. Albert Mohler Jr.): A test for the pro-life movement. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30603

TEXAS–FIRST-PERSON (John M. Yeats): Multi-site? Please press pause. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30604

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
A FELLOW GOSPEL preacher relates the following story…
“The first year of our marriage was spent on a farm. My wife, though reared on a farm, always allowed her parents to take care of killing as well as preparing frying chickens for the dinner table. Her father would put a chicken over a block and chop its head off. While I, on the other hand, was accustomed to catching a chicken and wringing it neck. After we had been married a while, we had some chickens ready for eating. I picked up a nice plump fryer, handed it to my wife, and told her to wring its neck. (After all, to be a good farm wife, she would need to learn these things.) She took the chicken by the neck and began spinning him around and around. She then dropped him on the ground, where he lay stunned and confused for a moment. Suddenly, the chicken hopped up on his legs and ran out of sight. After 45 years of marriage, the two of us still laugh when we remember that incident!”
If we’re not careful, we can treat sin like this preacher’s wife treated that chicken many years ago. She didn’t kill it; she only disturbed it and ruffled its feathers a bit. The Bible tells us that we must mortify (e.g., put to death) the sin that is in our lives.
If you want fried chicken, somebody must kill the chicken. Likewise, if you want to go to heaven, you must put to death the sin in your life. (Mike Benson)
“Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth:
fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire,
and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Because of these things the wrath of God is coming
upon the sons of disobedience.”
~Colossians 3:5-6~
Make today count!
Anna Lee

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