Pastor's Blog

Grant Tillman’s grandfather, Mr. Henry Tillman, passed from this life today around 4:30PM.  Pray for the family as they walk through this valley.  Arrangements pending.

Also, Amy Huhn’s dad, Mr. Bobby Morrison, was admitted to the hospital today.  Low heart rate, dehydration, et cetera.  Will be kept in the hospital for several days.

Henni found her wedding dress today.  For my money, she and Alan can go ahead and get married like tonight!  Why wait?

Spent the morning visiting folks in the hospital.  Need to make an announcement that is important before giving updates.

Art Elliott has an infection that is contagious.  Therefore, they are requesting NO visitors unless further notice.  (Nice of them to tell me after I visited – LOL!)  Pray for Art to get well soon.

I also visited Grant T’s grandfather and prayed with the family.  Katie T sent me a message later saying that the doctor has determined that Mr. Tillman must be taken off the ventilator either today or tomorrow.  They do not anticipate his survival without the ventilator.  Pray for Mr. Tillman and the family during this most difficult time.

Raymond Wilkinson’s mother is also in the hospital.  She was in ICU until today.  She too has an infection.  I visited with Raymond in the hallway of the hospital as they were working with him mom in the room.  Pray for Miss Brenda.

Learned after I had gotten home that Miss Martha Patrick has been placed back into the hospital.  Did not go back but will try to visit tomorrow.

I did stop by the License Commissioner’s office on Michael Boulevard to renew a vehicle tag.  Folks, they have that process streamlined.  The place was very busy with many folks in line and yet I was there ten minutes and left with the tag in hand.  I was very impressed!

Actually, my day was going really good until I saw Yancey Hall, Sr. in the bank.  Enough said!  LOL!  Truth be told, Yancey gave me some words of help.  Also, he updated me on Judy’s physical condition.  Pray for Judy!

Blessings!

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.