My dearest Loving Carol,
I'm praying for you, Loving, and Praise God, it sounds like you made
a wise decision.
I'm praying that your health returns to excellent health right away.
I'm also praying for a huge financial blessing for you and Mike.
Thanks much.
Jesus Lives! He Reigns Forever!
Lovingly,
Patricia Ferguson
At 09:48 AM 8/16/2007, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Earlier today I asked for prayer about my trip to the hospital,
>where I was to have further dental surgery (of the least desirable
>type). I told you all I was very fearful having gone through such
>surgery twice already in the past few months . . ..
>
>After writing to you all, I was reading my Bible and saw one of the
>many verses about trusting God. I had been speaking such verses to
>myself all day and singing them too but was finding it difficult to
>think that one of these verses was really for me, but here was
>something else. In Psalm 57 and verse 1, I read:
>
>Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!
>I look to you for protection.
>I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings
>
>I saw clearly (as I have before) that I had a choice here and I
>needed to look to Him and hide myself! "Thank You, Lord, for making
>Your Word real and living to me today and for meeting me in my
>need!" There was my help!
>
>Then I went off for the appointment, still outwardly showing fear
>(getting the time wrong so being ready an hour too soon for my
>friendto collect me) but inside I knew I was ready . . ..
>
>When I arrived, the waiting-room was empty as the morning session
>had ended and I was to have special medication which I needed to
>take before my procedure. I was therefore not called into the
>surgeon's room immediately (as I had been before) but the nurse came
>to me. First she told me I had been written up for a different
>medication . . .. I found myself weighing this up. It could be
>good, but it may not agree with me. Then I explained that on both
>my prior visits I had asked them specifically to look at this tooth
>so that we could discuss the forthcoming surgery. Although we had
>discussed the pros and cons when I was last there, I wasn't aware
>that the dental surgeon had actually taken a proper look. He had
>not said so, or referred to the particular problem with the tooth in
>question in a way that showed me he had seen it. I therefore asked
>if this had been done and was told "Well, he's written up the
>procedure to be done," to which of course I courteously replied that
>this didn't mean he had actually seen it for himself and had an
>opinion. . . ..
>
>I won't go into all the detail now except to say that, by the time
>we had continued our discourse and he had looked properly (as he did
>not look before), he offered me a "get out" position. He said, "You
>can remain on open support for a year and call us at any time,
>should the tooth give you more trouble, and you want to have it
>taken out." At that moment I remembered the tooth at the front of
>my mouth which gave me so much trouble in my early twenties and
>which had almost been taken out three of four times now. I still
>have that tooth! I knew at that moment that I was to take that
>option. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm "off the hook for good"
>but it does mean that I may never end up having to have this done
>and, if I do, it will be because it really needs to come out. In
>addition, everything about the way I'm feeling today and the various
>other health problems I'm suffering right now need not be added to
>with this one.
>
>I thought on the story of Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20, when he was sick,
>and how Isaiah was sent to him to tell him he was going to die, then
>God heard his prayers and saw his tears and he lived and I thought
>on the loving-kindness and mercy of our God!
>
>Praise Him and thank you so much, all of you, for prayers
>today. They actually changed the situation!
>
>--
>Carol
>
>-- Lies imprison; truth frees. The Son frees indeed as the light of
>His truth shines in the darkness of our lies. Jesus knows the
>geography of our souls,
>the origin of our lies, the whole path to deliverance and freedom. --
>Dwight A. Clough, Discoveries mailing list
>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/discoveries
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