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. --
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