Hugs!

These arms are tired from all the hugs I got at church yesterday! Isn't that funny? It was so good to be back and see my middle School kids and sing in the choir, and hear a good message, even if it was a scorcher!

I'd appreciate it if you would continue to pray for my dad. He had to go to the emergency room today to have more fluid drawn off his lung. It had filled up so much just since Thursday that he thought he was having a heart attack this morning. They put a drain in him so that they can drain it themselves now, so hopefully that will help him get his strength back. I have told some of you that I have been disappointed in my dad's attitude. I just didn't feel like he had set his mind and heart on fighting this cancer and I guess I sort of took that personally, you know? But mom said she thinks the Lord has changed his heart and he wants to talk to his oncologist about what all he can do to prolong his life.I am so relieved to hear this. I really believe the Lord can work a miracle in a situation that seems impossible, but I believe He wants to know that person will be a blessing to others. Like I told you, I just don't think God is finished with him. Even if his testimony could change one person's life, then wouldn't it be worth it to fight a little harder?

I know several people who have had cataracts removed and they've all said that everything looks so much brighter afterward. I feel that way myself. I can't look at my children enough these days. Allison had a program at school tonight and she had a little solo part. Sitting there watching all those second graders sing their hearts out and thinking about how hard she had worked and how happy they all looked up there on stage, I just cried. I'm a very emotional person anyway, but it wasn't a tear-jerker type program. I'm fairly sure I was the only mom who cried. It could be hormones I guess. Or it could just be that a cloud has been removed from my eyes and everything just looks brighter.

Could it be that God has healed my body AND my eyes. Reminds me of those blind men... And behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out saying Have mercy on us, oh Lord, thou son of David. And Jesus stood still and called them and said What will ye that I shall do unto you? They said unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. John 20:30-34

Thank you Lord for your compassion on me.