Divine appointment

It's the end of day 3 in the hospital. At 9:00 this morning we were feeling bummed that we were missing chuch. I turned on the tv to see if we could find a service to watch. We happened upon a sermon by Adrian Rogers called Discipline of the Dark. Wow, it was made to order just for us. We listened to it a second time online. If you're interested you can hear it at this link: www.lightsource.com/ministry/love-worth-finding. It's full of memorable quotes:

"The faith that is born in the light is often developed in the dark."
"Never doubt in the dark what you've learned in the light."
"The test of your character is what you do in the dark."

Those are just some that stood out to me. There is so much more. I want to listen to it again and take notes. All that to say that we found great joy that God met our need for today in a hospital room via a tv sermon--the timing could not have been better.

Another joy was receiving flowers from a woman who Tom helped severalyears ago. he heard he was in the hospital and wanted him to know she was praying for him. I told Tom that was the "Boomerang Joy" Barbara Johnson talks about--joy that you give to someone else coming back to bless you!

More joy has been the nurses who have cared for Tom. Young (Tom calls her Mama) shared her philosophy of nursing. She said she got it from a nursing school professor. She thinks of herself as the mother and the patient as her baby--we've enjoyed her tender loving care. Demba is our afternoon nurse. He is from Ghana. It's been fun interacting with him. He's been very patient with all the laughter coming from visitors to our room.

It's our grandson Maximus Alexander's 2nd birthday today. It was fun singing to him on the phone this morning. We look forward to our private party later in the week when Far (that's Tom) feels up to it. Happy birthday, Moose!

It was great to have our son Kemp and fiance Angie visit tonight. They brought more laughter and lots of love into the room. We're looking forward to dancing at their wedding on October 10th.

I close with another thought from Adrian Rogers: Why is not the important question. The important question is how--how are we going to react when the lights go out. In the midst of all that is happening we are both finding that trust and faith is what is carrying us through. It really is true that relationship is more important than the reason.

Jesus loves you--pass it on!