Caril Jean Gill
Because of health complications, our sweet Carol Jean will be moved today from Rehab to Our Lady of the Lake for a while. Keep those prayers coming, folks. It’s another bump in the road, but God is by our side. All of your care and concern is so appreciated.
(Margaret G. Creel)
From Ashley Raborn
Sammy Ott will not need a transfusion. His platelets have increased. Thank you for your prayers. Please keep praying for him as he continues chemo.
Kenneth Birch’s appointment today is pre-op , not surgery.
Mrs. Shirley Frazier’s appointment on the 28th is for surgery.
Holly Ruth Osborn Mauterer – a childhood friend
(October 27, 1948 – March 11, 2012)
A resident of Amite, LA, died at 11:52 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at her home. She was born October 27, 1948 and was 63 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday and from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16, 2012. Religious Services at First Baptist Church, Amite, at 2 p.m. Friday. Services conducted by Rev. Mike Foster. Survived by husband, Arthur A. Mauterer, M.D., Amite, 2 daughters, Emily Rebecca Wilson, Gainesville, VA, and Jennifer M. Lett, Amite, son, Jason Scott Watson, Gainesville, VA, 4 brothers, Retus W. Osborn, IV, Hermon, ME, Lyman H. Osborn, Roseland, Stephen D. Osborn, San Antonio, TX, and Philip W. Osborn, Mobile, AL, 1 grandson, Calvin Marshall Watson, uncle, Harry McIntyre, Enon, aunt, Margaret Ann Osborn, Elizabeth, and numerous nieces & nephews. Preceded in death by mother, Mary Louise McIntyre Osborn Hyde, father, Retus W. Osborn, III, uncle, A. B. Osborn, MD, and cousin, David Osborn. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Randall Webb
(December 26, 1953 – March 7, 2012)
Randall Webb was born December 26, 1953 and passed away at 6:19 p.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. He was 58 and a resident of Brookhaven, MS.
He survived by his mother, Mrs. Billie Freeman Webb.
Preceded in death by his father, Charles Glen Webb.
Private graveside services will be held on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg, LA.
McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.
An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com
The reason we give to AAEO:
To help our missionary force reach for Christ an estimated 259 million lost people in the United States and Canada; that is three of four people.
AAEO national goal for 2012:
$70 million
Amount given to AAEO in 2011:
Year-end figures totalled more than $56 million
Amount of AAEO used to support missionaries and their work:
100%
Total 2010 NAMB budget:
$126,000,000
Amount of NAMB budget that comes from Annie:
46%
Amount of NAMB budget from Cooperative Program:
36%
Year offering started by WMU:
1895
Amount given in 1895:
$5,000 +
Year offering named for Annie Armstrong:
1934
What do AAEO-supported missionaries do?
According to Ruby and Paul Scott, Jimmy Schwartz is being admitted for dehydration.
I don’t have an update on “Miss” Katherine yet. David is there now.
I will update on both of them after church tonight. Keep praying.
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.”
~Isaiah 59:1~
Lee (from Wisconsin)
I know that you have a lot of things to pray about, and I live in Montana so I do not go to your church, but would you please consider prayer for my father-in-law. His name is Lee, and he lives in Wisconsin. He has been losing alot of weight (without trying), and has extremely high glucose levels (diabetic). Now the doctors are saying he has lots of problems and are believing that he has pancreatic (or some other type of) cancer. They have not found it yet, but believe he has. Please pray for this wonderful man, if you will. Thank you, and may God continually bless you.
Melinda
Andy Taylor
Everything good with gall bladder. Still a little sore. Needs to let inside heal good. Shingles a little better.
Hearing test on the 15th, wrist dr on the 20th,cataract surgery on march 21st.then we go from there. Thank you for all your prayers.
Betty
Pray for Andy and Betty as they continue to see many doctors. The body has been weak, but the faith has been strong!
Carol Jean Gill
A few changes have been made, but basically she is the same. Pray for Mr. Fernie Ray as he stays long hours each day.
Thought for the Day: My least favorite parable
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama.
Then she asked the class, “If you saw a person lying on the roadside all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?”
A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence. “I think I’d throw up!”
I have to confess that the parable of the Good Samaritan is one of my least favorite parables. You may be thinking: “It’s a beautiful story that teaches a strong lesson. What’s there not to like?” But that’s the problem. It teaches a very strong lesson and one that I can’t escape. There’s no way to explain this parable away, no way to come up with any fanciful interpretations that soothe my conscience.
Every time I read this parable, I realize my shortcomings in the area of meeting the needs of those around me. And the fact that I can relate so well to the priest and the Levite in the story leaves me squirming in my seat. Perhaps you understand what I mean. Allow the words of Jesus to pierce your heart once again:
“But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ Then Jesus answered and said: ‘A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, “Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.” So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?’ And he said, ‘He who showed mercy on him.’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.'” (Luke 10:29-37)
“Father, in a world where I am surrounded by pain and suffering, it is so easy to turn my head and shut my eyes. Please forgive me of the times when I have done just that. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
That really makes us think. May we all “put feet” to our concerns today.
Anna Lee
Melanie Lucido
Once again, I am asking you to please pray for my daughter, Melanie, who was hospitalized after a visit to her doctor yesterday to get the results of her recent CT scan. Instead of an improvement in the condition of her lungs and her right ear/sinus area, it showed that there are more nodules and abscesses on her lungs, and that her mastoid sinus (right ear and the whole right side of her head) is completely blocked. The doctor (a different one from the ones who originally did all the first tests in October) admitted her for more tests – actually to re-do all the tests (biopsies, etc.) that were done in October. She said that either her body has stopped responding to the antibiotic she’s been since October, or the antibiotics she was taking prior to “crashing” in October actually “masked” the outcome of the tests they did then. If that is what happened, they probably misdiagnosed the problem and although she has been a little better, she is definitely not well. They are doing a CT scan this morning, and an ear, nose, and throat doctor saw her already this morning and said he will probably put tubes in both ears. He thinks her hearing loss is probably due to the fluid buildup and infection.
She is in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales because that is where her doctor is. If she has to have any type of surgery, she will be transported to Our Lady of the Lake. St. Elizabeth is owned by The Lake.
I am glad that she will be seeing a different set of doctors this time. Her doctor prayed with us yesterday. That meant a lot to both of us. Please help me pray for her. Thanks.
Susanne Crowe
Tags: Creativity, Uncategorized
All day long I click, type, look through the screen at the faces of people I love who live halfway across the country or even on the other side of the world.
And, sometimes, in the quiet moments I wonder if what I do really makes a difference.
“You can’t see it in person,” hisses the enemy, “You can’t touch it. How do you know it’s real?”
Then I think about how I should be doing something tangible–rocking a baby, handing out food, building a house. I feel a heart-hunger to know the results with my five senses.
I whisper this to Jesus one morning as sunlight spills in through the open window. I ask Him if I’ve gotten it all wrong–if I should be doing something else.
A verse pops into my heart like a present left on the front porch…
Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1
I’ve always thought of those words in the context of believing in God.
But that morning it seemed the One Who Loves Us whispered that part of faith is also about believing that our obedience makes a difference–even when we can’t see the results.
Sure of what we hope for…that our words matter in the world, that hearts out there really are encouraged, that the flicker of a screen can bring light to a life again.
Certain of what we do not see…that that the bonds we make, the needs we meet, the prayers we lift up are as real as what’s right in front of us–that the great I am is everywhere and in all we do in His name.
I think then of a conversation I had with Ann Voskamp many months ago about much the same thing. We tossed and turned thoughts around between us until at the end we nodded, smiled and said…
How can we say that the virtual doesn’t matter when the Spirit is virtual?
The Kingdom has always been about more than what we can sense. Oh, friends, it’s more about what we know in our hearts–and about following faithfully the One who whispers to us there–believing that in all things He is working together for good.
Sometimes that good is something we can see, touch, taste and smell.
And sometimes it’s built of eternal things that we won’t know until heaven.
So press on, sisters.
Keep the faith.
Do what you do, be who you are, walk in that sometimes blind, always beautiful obedience.
Yes, you really are making a difference.
And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith
and in our knowledge of the Son of God;
we shall become mature people,
reaching to the very height of Christ’s full stature.”
~Ephesians 4:13 TEV~
Today is the 65th anniversary of the day Momma and Daddy got married. She wanted a big party. She celebrating in heaven while Daddy will be here with us for a traditional New Year’s meal. Pray for Daddy today.
I’m thanking God Carol New made it home after a successful knee surgery. Pray for her as she works to get that knee doing what she wants it to do.
FBC, Kentwood will have Sunday School and the morning worship service, but nothing tonight.
Thought for the Day: Failed resolutions
At the beginning of a New Year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers’ New Year’s resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One of the teachers was complaining. “Why weren’t my resolutions posted?” She was throwing such a temper tantrum that the principal hurried to his office to see if he had overlooked her resolutions. Sure enough, he had mislaid them on his desk.
As he read her resolutions he was astounded. This teacher’s first resolution was not to let little things upset her in the New Year.
It has been said that “nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Perhaps we should add one more thing to that list of certainties — the breaking of New Year’s resolutions! Looking back on 2008, you may be one of the fortunate ones who accomplished exactly what you hoped to accomplish during the year. But, if you’re like most of us, you didn’t read all the way through the Bible like you intended to, you quit smoking but only for a while then picked up the habit again, or you lost a few pounds only to put them back on again when your diet failed. After experiencing this failure year after year, a person tends to say to himself, “What’s the use? Why even bother to try to make these changes?”
As an old Chinese proverb puts it, though, “Failure is not falling down. Failure is not getting back up.” Or as the Japanese put it, “Fall down seven times, get up eight.” If there are areas of your life that you’ve tried to improve and failed, let this this be the month that you try again. And if you fail this month, get up and try again next month. Learn from your mistakes and become stronger. God does not turn his back on the Christian who fails (if you question that, you need only look at the story of Peter’s denial of Christ). However, He cannot help the Christian who refuses to try any longer.
“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hearts, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded….Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” (James 4:7-8,10)
If you have made a resolution to develop a habit that will bring you closer to God or a resolution to get rid of a habit that is pulling you away from God, may God bless you with the strength to accomplish your goal. And, if you should stumble on your journey, may He pick you up and dust you off so that you can continue on the long journey of becoming like Christ.
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Have a great Lord’s Day and a great 2012!
Anna Lee
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