Date: 22 Sep 2003
Time: 13:11:45
I faced what would become three brain surgeries. The standard joke here is: "It sure took them a long time to find it, pea-brain!" The surgeon showed up in my room the day before the first procedure and asked if I were scared. I said that I was not afraid of the surgery, but I was concerned about what memory or brain process I might lose. He said, "Preacher, read Psalm 124! The Lord is on your side!" That was the grain of grace I needed to go on! Re: Mark 9: 42: He took the stumbling block I had placed in my own path and pulverized it with Psalm 124!
The result of those surgeries? I was healed of epilepsy! Our help is in the name of he Lord!
Ephesians 3: 14 ~ 21,
Oklahoma Irishman
Date: 22 Sep 2003
Time: 13:12:38
I faced what would become three brain surgeries. The standard joke here is: "It sure took them a long time to find it, pea-brain!" The surgeon showed up in my room the day before the first procedure and asked if I were scared. I said that I was not afraid of the surgery, but I was concerned about what memory or brain process I might lose. He said, "Preacher, read Psalm 124! The Lord is on your side!" That was the grain of grace I needed to go on! Re: Mark 9: 42: He took the stumbling block I had placed in my own path and pulverized it with Psalm 124!
The result of those surgeries? I was healed of epilepsy! Our help is in the name of he Lord!
Ephesians 3: 14 ~ 21,
Oklahoma Irishman
Date: 22 Sep 2003
Time: 13:28:35
I give thanks to God for your healing. He provides the strength we need in his Living Word and his eternal presence. All praise and thanks be to God who loves us more than we can even imagine.
KHC
Date: 24 Sep 2003
Time: 08:13:10
I am struggling so much with these verses and with the James reading. I read psalm 124 and can't help but think of those recovering from Hurricane Isabel. Living in FLA we lived for a few days thinking we were in the hurricane's path - then were relieved when we were not. Does that mean our prayers were answered? That the Lord is on our side? But what about the folks where the 'cane hit? Is God not on their side? Now add to that the verses in James... Elijah praying for drought and then for rain. Are hurricanes "acts of God?" No, I don't think so. Does God cause illnesses? Punish us with diseases? No. I can barely stand all the cognitive disonance in the texts for this week.... "Are any of you suffering?" Amma in FL