Thanks so much for stopping by. My hope is that you will be encouraged and comforted by traveling with us on this adventure as you see how God can take the challenges of life to assure us of the living hope that is available by faith to us all through Jesus Christ.

Thanks, also, to each of you who have personally ministered to me and my family through your thoughts, prayers of faith, visits, messages, many acts of kindness and words of encouragement, especially during those dark days, and then for the long haul during my extended recovery season.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Rejoicing in another day

Psalm 118:24 "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."

What a difference it makes in my attitude when I remember that God is ultimately in control of everything that goes on each day. Would I have any reason to "rejoice and be glad" if I felt that everything just happened by chance? I know it is not just chance that my dad (and our family) is going through this trial. He is teaching us so much about who He is through this experience. I'm so glad that we have a Lord we can trust one hundred percent.

Lord, thank you for another day with my dad. We rejoice in this day for continually restoring Dad's health. Also, thank you today for:
a normal temperature
an improved chest xray
an improved white blood count
that Dad is breathing on his own (although still connected to the ventilator)
that he is responding to commands when the sedation is low
that his vitals are stable

Finally, Lord, we ask you to breathe strength into Dad's lungs, so he can have the breathing tube taken out, which is causing him extreme discomfort and pain.

John

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