Todays the day…

  Today’s the day…..

I awakened this morning knowing I was to write today….with all of the medications, procedures, Physical Therapy, hospital stay, rehab stay ( I am still in rehab waiting for wound healing). It has been hard to write…even when I had ideas running to and fro in my head/heart…so many meditations tend to play havoc with concentration, thinking or drowsiness, it is hard to read or write very much…I was able to read a book this week which was a milestone…have been able to read a verse or two and then that is about it…

So if you are headed for major surgery or even minor, this is one thing to expect…

This sojourn was not expected, in “my” plans for my life…neither was cancer this year…I was well and healthy, going on with an active life…then a change of path…God knew… I was going to live forever…

Sin comes in all shapes and sizes, quietly , noisily, and 

God showed me one of mine…Pride of good health…I walked, went to the pool, travelled ….just plain lived an active life…and was PROUD of it…

He kept bringing me back to this set of verses in Luke…

“To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “

But, the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke.18.9-14”

What lessons we gain lying in bed staring at the ceiling day after day…knowing that and thankful for people from All over the world are praying for your healing and health…not knowing that they are part of healing heart as well…

God Moves…

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Eph.4.22-24

Thank YOU…and thank you for all the prayers, cards, letters, phone calls, time each of you have put into my life…blessings…

This is soooo worthy of listening to….it confirmed, “today’s the day”… 

A living sacrifice…Pastor Brett Seigalkoff, September 29, 2024….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBXaEUNZoP4

Oh , sinner….

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ9gTTv25-s

A living sacrifice…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XyU3rqyG4IU

Rehab…

 

Rehab..

One purpose of rehab is to help one heal…there is lots of physical therapy to get your muscles in shape again, exercise classes, food, rest times and just plain down times to sleep, watch TV, read, puzzles, play games, etc…

When I watched tv, it was mostly cooking shows,   The news and good movies( no horror ones)….

There is only so much news one can watch…world events are changing quickly, and you phave to be on the lookout for good news…as I. Read these verses this am, I thought about those leaves that can heal the nations…we sure could use some now…

There is so much evil which permeates society, the world over…

The words written decades ago are still the same for today…the living Word never is invalid….

 For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.

2Pet.2.18

 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

1John.2.16,1John.2.28

On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. … There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. Rev 22:2-5

Thank YOU….

People need the Lord….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i93ysKZeR4

A friend..

 

A friend…

They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord (Psalm 112:7 NIV)

WITH A HEAVY HEART I must share that Jan passed away September 9 from a very aggressive cancer and is now free of pain and in the presence of Jesus. Three months ago we were happily hiking in Yosemite. On July 6 she experienced pain from a compression fracture in the back and began pursuing treatment. Through CT scans and eventually a bone marrow biopsy a few weeks ago, we learned she had stage-4 cancer. This has been very sudden. Jan completed my life and deepened my soul and will be missed by the many people she touched. 

THANK YOU for your prayers for me, my kids and grandkids

I usually hear from these friends about once month, their adventures, their travels, their highs, their lows…but this summer has been unusually quiet… their lives have been totally sold out to the Jesus Film project all over the world…my summer has been pretty quiet as well, trying to do what doctors have prescribed either in the hospital or rehab….

My husband and I have known them at least 20 years….I went to the Yucatán peninsula to share the Jesus Film with them…we have gone to conferences with them , eaten with them, we knew mutual friends in far away places , visited and had long talks with them….kept informed about the spread of the gospel through the film and Jesus Film partners…

Then this letter…this verse…their life directions…and we count our days as blessings…

Thank you, Jan and Steve…

Thank YOU for your direction, care…

Blessings…

Thank You..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stCcPAwhKXE