But I didn't. Some of you have mentioned that you thought I must not be feeling good because I haven't written in a while. Actually, I have been feeling pretty good the last week. Other than a few glitches in dialysis, I'm doing okay.
Praise the Lord, I've been able to talk to Ken at dialysis. Our schedules are kind of weird, but at least I've had a chance to talk to him. His spirits seem to be a lot better than a few weeks ago when I discovered he was still alive. Please, Please continue to pray for his salvation.
I wanted to tell you a great experience I had when I was in the hospital about a month ago. There I was in the most excrutiating pain I've ever been in (on a pain scale of 1 to 10, my pain level was a 12 ! ). Nothing seemed to help and I literally cried out to God to please take the pain away from me. But I was still in terrible pain with no look for relief. "Lord please take this pain away from me!" I cried and then in the midst of it, I realized that all I was doing was thinking of what I wanted. Lord, if that pain is what you want then that's okay. If I have the pain, would you at least help me endure it?, I asked. It came to me that I was just thinking about myself and not what God wanted.
Once I came to that realization the pain started to subside and within a while the pain subsided to a tolerable level.
What I learned from that, that in all things we always need to be concerned about what the Lord wants in our life and not what we want. Of course, I never want to go through that again, but I am grateful for what the Lord taught me through it.
Please pray for the Sturgills, and for Peggy and Len.
God bless your day!
Dan
Praise the Lord, I've been able to talk to Ken at dialysis. Our schedules are kind of weird, but at least I've had a chance to talk to him. His spirits seem to be a lot better than a few weeks ago when I discovered he was still alive. Please, Please continue to pray for his salvation.
I wanted to tell you a great experience I had when I was in the hospital about a month ago. There I was in the most excrutiating pain I've ever been in (on a pain scale of 1 to 10, my pain level was a 12 ! ). Nothing seemed to help and I literally cried out to God to please take the pain away from me. But I was still in terrible pain with no look for relief. "Lord please take this pain away from me!" I cried and then in the midst of it, I realized that all I was doing was thinking of what I wanted. Lord, if that pain is what you want then that's okay. If I have the pain, would you at least help me endure it?, I asked. It came to me that I was just thinking about myself and not what God wanted.Once I came to that realization the pain started to subside and within a while the pain subsided to a tolerable level.
What I learned from that, that in all things we always need to be concerned about what the Lord wants in our life and not what we want. Of course, I never want to go through that again, but I am grateful for what the Lord taught me through it.
Please pray for the Sturgills, and for Peggy and Len.
God bless your day!
Dan
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