“Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
~Luke 2:14, NKJV~
From Wall McKneely concerning grandson, Jadon
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This is just one of many acts of kindness that so many people of this area have done for my Daughter, Monica, and her husband, Adam, and their family. Please continue to pray for them as they go to Detroit, MI for Jadon’s surgery in January. Thank you all so much for your Prayers. May God Bless each of you.
Wall & Rosilyn
Jadon’s Story: One week and so very nervous
Well alot has happened since my last post. I actually ended up in the ER the day after my post. I caught a stomach virus which by the way effected 32 of my family members including my mommy, daddy, and brother. Unbelievable. Anyway I could not hold anything down including my seizure medicines. We called my neurologist in New Orleans and she called me in some medicine but it didnt’ work. After 4 hours in the ER I was finally able to hold my medicine down and go home. The good new is I was much better by Christmas and we all had a great Christmas. I got lots of new toys to play with. My favorite toy was the ball that I got. Other than that I loved playing with the wrapping paper..LOL It was a very fun and much needed time. We got to visit everyone in my immediate family. It was a great day. One thing that Christmas makes me think of is Jesus’s birthday. It makes me think of Jesus’s momther Mary. I can’t imagine what she went through watching her baby being hit, nailed to a cross, and left to die. My mom said she will always remember this and no matter how hard it is to watch me suffer throught these seizures it doesn’t compare to what Mary had to watch her son go through. I’m very thankful for her strength and so very thankful that Jesus came and saved us so that we may live with Him forever.
We leave in 1 week for Detroit. We are going to be busy getting everything ready this week. We are going to get my very 1st haircut. We don’t want my surgery to be the first time I get my haircut. We also have to get everything packed. We still need to buy a few small things for the trip. We also have to finish my prayer blanket. So I’m sure I will not have time to update my blog until right before we leave or we might be in Detroit before you hear from me again. Please continue to pray for me and my family. We are very anxious, scared, and nervous. We know that God has sent us to Detroit and we will continue to trust his plan. Thank you all for your prayers. I will try keep you updated daily in Detroit with specific prayer request. Right now I need you to pray that this will stop these seizures and that I can continue to develop. Also pray that I will not have any complications and that my recovery will not be to hard on me. This is the best thing you can do for me right now. Love ya, Jadon
Several people who have been sick ate doing better. Continue praying.His heart, His hands, His voice
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Thought for the Day: Do you know who I am?
The following story is supposed to have happened at Ohio State University about nine or ten years ago in a huge lecture hall but turns out to be merely another urban legend:
Apparently this particular calculus teacher wasn’t very well liked. He was one of those guys who would stand at the front of the class and yell out how much time was remaining before the end of a test, a real charmer. Since he was so busy going around the room making sure that nobody cheated and that everyone was aware of how much time they had left before their failure on the test was complete, he had the students stack the completed tests on the huge podium at the front of the room. This made for quite a mess, remember there were 1000 students in the class.
During this particular final, one guy entered the test needing a decent grade to pass the class. His only problem with Calculus was that he did poorly when rushed, and this guy standing in the front of the room barking out how much time was left before the tests had to be handed in didn’t help him at all. He figured he wanted to assure himself of a good grade, so he hardly flinched when the professor said “pencils down and submit your scantron sheets and work to piles at the front of the room”.
Five minutes turned into ten, ten into twenty, twenty into forty…. Almost an hour after the test was “officially over”, our friend finally put down his pencil, gathered up his work, and headed to the front of the hall to submit his final. The whole time, the professor sat at the front of the room, strangely waiting for the student to complete his exam.
“What do you think you’re doing?” the professor asked as the student stood in front of him about to put down his exam on one of the neatly stacked piles of exams (the professor had plenty of time to stack the mountain of papers while he waited). It was clear that the professor had waited only to give the student a hard time.
“Turning in my exam,” retorted the student confidently.
“I’m afraid I have some bad news for you,” the professor gloated, “Your exam is an hour late. You’ve failed it and, consequently, I’ll see you next term when you repeat my course.”
The student smiled slyly and asked the professor “Do you know who I am?”
“What?” replied the professor gruffly, annoyed that the student showed no sign of emotion.
The student rephrased the question mockingly, “Do you know what my name is?”
“No”, snarled the professor.
The student looked the professor dead in the eyes and said slowly, “I didn’t think so”, as he lifted up one of the stacks half way, shoved his test neatly into the center of the stack, let the stack fall burying his test in the middle, turned around, and walked casually out of the huge lecture hall.
Don’t you just love it? Those of you who have been in large classes can relate to that, I’m sure. But it makes me pause for a moment and be grateful that I have a heavenly Father who knows who I am! Despite the billions of people on the face of this earth, I’m not just a number, I’m not just a nameless face, I’m not just part of a crowd. I am known by God!
“O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.” (Psalm 139:1-3).
Take comfort in this knowledge, and have a great day!
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee
Have a great day!
Anna Lee
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