Pastor's Blog

Today’s Bible reading – Leviticus 9:7-10:20 Mark 4:26-5:20 Psalm 37:30-40 Proverbs 10:6-7

Art Elliot has been placed in the hospital.   Shortness of breath issues.

Dave & Becky Sellers met with a doctor in Mobile yesterday.  Surgery has been set for Monday, 3/2.  After several weeks of recovery time, the plan is to begin chemotherapy.  Dave & Becky are encouraged by this plan.  Pray!

The doctor decided to wean Grant Tillman’s grandfather from the ventilator over the course of three or four days.  Per my understanding, no definite time line was established.

Bobby Broome & Ann Clark’s brother, Gene, remains seemingly at the time of his departure from this world.  He is ready spiritually.  Pray for the family.

Some things I came across as I was reading last night.  First, a woman in the state of Washington who owns a florist:

“Meet Barronelle Stutzman — who is being treated as Washington State’s Public Enemy No. 1.

Stutzman is a grandmother, a devout Southern Baptist and the owner of a small flower shop. The 70-year-old Christian is also opposed to gay marriage — a religious belief that could cost Stutzman her business, her life-savings and even her home.

A Washington judge ruled Feb. 18 that Stutzman, the owner of Arlene’s Flowers, violated the law when she refused to provide flowers to a same-sex couple for their wedding.”  

Second, a Utah appeals court has ruled that a woman who was driving the vehicle when she had an accident in which her husband’s life was taken can now sue herself!  They say that the driver is separate from the representative of the estate even though both are the same person?  (Do you ever wonder about our court system?)

Third, a bride in India ditched her to be husband during their wedding ceremony and married one of the guests instead.  The husband to be suffered an seizure during the ceremony which prompted the bride to decide that she no longer wanted to marry him.  So much for the “in sickness and in health” part of the vow.  Wow!

T-ball practice began yesterday.  Does it not seem to be a bit cool for baseball?

Speaking of cool – this came to me from Mark Mast last night:  “This morning it was -29 actual temp here.  It was 43 degrees in my office before I got the wood stove stoked.