WEDNESDAY, 11/16/16
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14 KJV)
Today’s Bible reading – Acts 1-3
How about some really great news to begin this entry? Peggy Knighten called me yesterday afternoon to say that Tim Knighten’s PET scan revealed that his cancer is contained to one area which is basically the base of his tongue – no cancer in the lymph nodes or any other place in his body! Hallelujah! Yes, Tim will still receive radiation and chemotherapy. He will still have to have a feeding tube. However, this cancer being isolated to one place is huge! So, join Tim, Peggy and family in giving thanks to God! Keep praying!
Sharon Jardee has been admitted to the hospital again. The most recent surgery was not a success and she will have another surgery this Friday, 11/18, to correct the problem. Wow, she has been through it!
Warren “Blow Joe” Guidry was doing well when I visited yesterday and is thinking he will be discharged from the hospital today.
Sandra McElwee sent me a message late yesterday afternoon saying that David was being discharged around 6:00PM. Sandra was a little nervous about taking him home and being the nurse but they will do great.
Wow! I put out an eleventh hour request yesterday morning asking folks to meet me in our CAB at 10:00AM in order for us to clean the building and to set up the tables and chairs for the senior adults Thanksgiving meal. I was delayed until 10:30AM in getting back from the hospital. I stopped by the church to tell them that I needed to change clothes before coming back and we had a group of guys who had the building cleaned already and all of the tables in place. They had already started on the chairs and in just a few minutes everything was in place and ready for the meal. Amazing! In the meanwhile a group of ladies were in the fellowship hall cooking dressing and it looked amazing! So, I was extremely blessed. It reminded me again of how blessed I am to serve as the pastor of such a wonderful church family. (By the way, some folks who work secular jobs contacted me yesterday to say that they would come clean/set up last night. Another blessing!)
Now, another request. We will need to reverse the process tomorrow once the meal ends at noon. We have to get all of the tables and chairs back into their place and clean the CAB. All help will be appreciated!
Regular schedule this morning and evening. One major change – our students will all meet together in the auditorium at 6:30PM. Jim Chinners will be teaching and Jonny Gaston will be leading the worship. The adults who normally meet in the auditorium for Bible study at 6:30PM will meet in the youth building.
If you sent me an e-mail or iMessage over the weekend, please note that I intentionally avoided electronic communications on Sunday. Actually did not check messages until either late Sunday night or Monday morning. I was swamped with messages. I was traveling all day on Monday and had a meeting on Monday night. I was in meetings a good part of the day yesterday regarding some of those messages. So, I have not answered any of this messages up to this point but here is my hope for today – prepare for the morning service, teach the morning service, visit the hospital along with a couple of other folks, and then “begin” replying to the messages. If it was not urgent in matter then I will probably not get a chance to reply. My Sunday was completely filled so even if I had checked and wanted to answer messages there really was not time in my schedule. I hope you understand.
Some additional requests have been made for our angel tree. There is a need for two more sponsors. Interested? Contact Glenda Chinners. Thank you!
I pray that you will have a great Wednesday with Jesus.