Hey, Pat, now, Vernon suggested this thing. Think you should start praying
and reading together at least???
That Vernon is nearly there! "Lord, please bring him right in to your
Kingdom and let us join in with all Heaven in the joy that comes from one
sinner repenting!"
--
Carol
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 4:51 AM
Subject: Re: Sick and Discouraged
> Dear Phil,
>
> I can relate to the sadness that many feel this Christmas. Today,
> especially, I have been feeling sad, and for no particular reason. I
played
> my new organ and it does help cheer me up. Vernon and I spent more than 2
> hours together this evening while I played the organ. He said to me, let's
> start our own Church. I agreed. He said "let's start a Church with music
> only, no talking." I then said: "We can Praise and Worship The Lord
through
> Music." I said: "I'll play the Alter call song." I then played the song
> "Just as I am."What do you think of that. <smile>
>
> Of course, we were not serious about starting our own Church, but I was
> serious about Praising and Worshiping The Lord through Music. Then I
played
> and sang the song: "I love You Lord." Then VErnon asked me to play "The
> Lord's Prayer", so I did. He loves the song, "In His Time."
>
> Thanks so much Phil for all your love and support to all of us. You and
> Sandy are totally loving, and I honestly mean that with all my heart.
>
> God Bless you both.
>
> Lovingly,
> Pat Ferguson
> At 05:40 PM 12/13/03 -0700, you wrote:
> >Have you ever come up to Christmas time and gotten sick and discouraged
on
> >top of everything else? I have many times and I have so much to be
thankful
> >for, too. Not many weeks ago, as you all well know, I ended up in the
> >hospital with this wonderful Colorado flue stuff and pneumonia as well.
I
> >hate hospitals but not because sick people are there. I hate hospitals
> >because it stirs so much hurt and pain up in my emotions. I have had
> >surgery at least 15 times in my life and 14 of those were related to my
> >eyes. The other was the removal of my appendix when I was about seven.
> >Hospitals, by nature I suppose, bring fear in some ways but they also
bring
> >life. As I lay in the hospital one evening, Sandy was there and we were
> >talking, an emergency call came over the intercom system throughout the
> >hospital. I asked Sandy what the message meant. She said a baby had a
> >heart attack in the maternity section of the hospital and that the code
they
> >gave meant the baby had no heart beat. I wanted to cry but instead
prayed
> >the little one would be safe. No doctor, no nurse, no one in the medical
> >field, can care for us like Jesus. Shortly after coming home from the
> >hospital, about three weeks ago, I felt pretty good for a week. Then I
> >started getting a stupid cold that everybody around me has. I am better
> >today but last night and Thursday, I felt horrible and my mood dropped to
a
> >1 on a scale of 1 to ten. The last thing I wanted is to be sick again.
> >Like I said, I hate hospitals. I know some of you are going to be alone
> >during Christmas and I know many of you will be discouraged. I often get
> >discouraged after Christmas is over because it didn't last long enough.
It
> >is the one time a year I can hear Christmas music in the stores and the
one
> >time of year everyone talks about the same thing. We have men and women
> >overseas who will be discouraged they are away from their families right
now
> >but I, for one, am super thankful for them and what they do. I
especially
> >honor the dead who died in my place to protect my family from those who
hate
> >us and want to kill us every time they get the chance. If you are alone
> >this Christmas season, you can call Sandy and I at any time, or email us,
> >and give us your phone number and we will call you right back. We will
call
> >you every day, if that is what it takes. If I was rich with money, I'd
pay
> >your way to come and spend Christmas with us but the phone is the best I
can
> >offer this year.
> >
> >Phil.
> >
> >WWW.SafePlaceFellowship.COM
>
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