Saturday, May 24, 2008

Sunday's Coming

Loneliness can be a lifelong challenge or a short-term event. The length of the experience is often determined by how we deal with it. Turning to the Lord can help us find our way through the fog of isolation.

You can admit to lonely feelings. Being a Christian doesn't disqualify us from sometimes having a sense of seclusion. Many of David's Psalms speak of his longing for companionship. When we express our feelings to the Father and cry out for His touch, He will answer. I often tell God that I need Him to wrap His arms around me. His response is just as real as if a human being walked in and hugged me.

You should develop godly relationships. We should pray for friends who'll point us toward the Lord whether we're in good times or bad. These are the loved ones who see our faults and like us anyway. ( from In Touch devotional by Dr. Charles Stanley)

Thank you for your prayers. We made it to Branson yesterday and to the park we were to be parked, but things didn't work out and at that moment we felt all alone. What to do, where to go. LaVon called the park we were in last year and they had a spot so we pulled in there to a great reception. LaVon had asked me on the way to Oak Grove, if God was telling me anything? To my dismay, I said know. After we set up I went back to the office to make our plans and was received so graciously, I felt the Lord saying, "I am not through with you here" and all of a sudden I didn't feel alone anymore. So we are staying and working here at Oak Grove RV Park again this summer.

Keep us in your prayers, have agreat day, love you, pass it on,
Don

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Sunday's Coming!

Good morning,

I pray all is well with you today. Our time here in Norman is going fast. Next week we will be off to Tulsa for a week to be with our daughter and family there.

Also, I am preaching at a church in Eufala, Ok. on the 18th.

A friend sent me this today and I wanted to share a great message. When we are in the mud puddles of life, know God is with us to protect and help us out. I had food poisoning this week and have been very sick, my mud puddle, but am getting better, Thanks Lord!

Have a great day, love you, pass it on, Don

Dan.Spagone@comcast.net wrote: JESUS & THE MUD PUDDLE (You gotta believe a 6 year old)

Howard County Sheriff Jerry Marr got a disturbing call one Saturday afternoon a few months ago. His 6-year-old grandson Mikey had been hit by a car while fishing in Greentown with his dad.

The father and son were near a bridge by the Kokomo Reservoir when a women lost control of her car, slid off the bridge and hit Mikey at a rate of about 50 mph.

Sheriff Marr had seen the results of accidents like this and feared the worst. When he got to Saint Joseph Hospital, he rushed thorough the Emergency Department to find Mikey consci ous and in fairly good spirits.

"Mikey, what happened?" Sheriff Marr asked. Mikey replied, 'Well, Papaw, I was fishin' with Dad, and some lady runned me over, I flew into a mud puddle, and broke my fishin' pole and I didn't get to catch no fish!"

As it turned out, the impact propelled Mikey about 500 feet, over a few trees and an embankment and into the middle of a mud puddle. His only injuries were to his right femur bone which had broken in two places. Mikey had surgery to place pins in his leg. Otherwise the boy is fine.

Since all the boy could talk about was that his fishing pole was broken, the Sheriff went out to Walmart and bought him a new one while he was in surgery so he could have it when he came out.

The next day the Sheriff sat with Mikey to keep him company in the hospital. Mikey was enjoying his new fishing pole and talked about when he could go fishing again as he cast into the trash can.

When they were alone, Mikey, just as matter-of-factly, said, "Papaw, did you know Jesus is real?"

"Well," the Sheriff replied, a little startled. "Yes, Jesus is real to all who believe in him and love him in their hearts."

"No," said Mikey. "I mean Jesus is REALLY real."

"What do you mean?" asked the Sheriff.

"I know he's real 'cause I saw him," said Mikey, still casting into the trash can. "You did?" asked the Sheriff.

"Yep," replied Mikey. "When that lady runned me over and broke my fishing pole, Jesus caught me in his arms and laid me down in the mud puddle."

GIVES YOU GLORY BUMPS DOESN'T IT!?!?