Monday Evening
Greetings:
Today is a day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it! Today, we had visits from Vern and Bev W. and Ken M. It was certainly good to see them and visit with them. Praise the Lord! God is good – all the time! All the time – God is good!
Meanwhile it is fair to say Marty had another difficult day! Dr. Lee told her this morning that her stomach is having some problems and Marty proved that right with lunch. She had a toasted cheese sandwich and chicken noodle soup. Following lunch she had to have medicine to settle her stomach and then she slept most of the afternoon. She will have done just four walks today, when she usually does about six. We expect from the comments of Dr. Lee this morning that she will probably be started on TPN, which is an IV feeding that will give her stomach a rest. This will probably last for just 3 or 4 days and then she will be back on regular food. At least that is the way it was according to our memory. All the numbers are about the same, maybe a little + or – but not enough to change the way Marty is feeling. But God is still in charge, and we praise the Lord for that.
Mark 16:16 says: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved…” What an awesome promise. God in His grace gives us salvation for the simple act of acceptance and belief. That is all we have to do to have eternal life with God – accept His gift of grace and love, believe it to be true and make it part of our lives. That really seems rather simple, actually maybe to simple for us to accept as reality. Maybe, that is why we take it for granted. Or at least is seems to me that we often do that and when we do it that really being believers and up holding our baptism vows? It seems to me that another fair question with this verse is: having accepted, while believing, and having been baptized, thus receiving salvation, how does all this affect your daily life? What does it have to do with your priorities, your life style, and your relationship with others? It seems to me that these and other questions are really important for us to be considering on a daily basis. If we have made the commitment to God, we need to live it in all we do, not just wait until we need it.
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack,
John 3:16
Greetings:
Today is a day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it! Today, we had visits from Vern and Bev W. and Ken M. It was certainly good to see them and visit with them. Praise the Lord! God is good – all the time! All the time – God is good!
Meanwhile it is fair to say Marty had another difficult day! Dr. Lee told her this morning that her stomach is having some problems and Marty proved that right with lunch. She had a toasted cheese sandwich and chicken noodle soup. Following lunch she had to have medicine to settle her stomach and then she slept most of the afternoon. She will have done just four walks today, when she usually does about six. We expect from the comments of Dr. Lee this morning that she will probably be started on TPN, which is an IV feeding that will give her stomach a rest. This will probably last for just 3 or 4 days and then she will be back on regular food. At least that is the way it was according to our memory. All the numbers are about the same, maybe a little + or – but not enough to change the way Marty is feeling. But God is still in charge, and we praise the Lord for that.
Mark 16:16 says: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved…” What an awesome promise. God in His grace gives us salvation for the simple act of acceptance and belief. That is all we have to do to have eternal life with God – accept His gift of grace and love, believe it to be true and make it part of our lives. That really seems rather simple, actually maybe to simple for us to accept as reality. Maybe, that is why we take it for granted. Or at least is seems to me that we often do that and when we do it that really being believers and up holding our baptism vows? It seems to me that another fair question with this verse is: having accepted, while believing, and having been baptized, thus receiving salvation, how does all this affect your daily life? What does it have to do with your priorities, your life style, and your relationship with others? It seems to me that these and other questions are really important for us to be considering on a daily basis. If we have made the commitment to God, we need to live it in all we do, not just wait until we need it.
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack,
John 3:16
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