Sunday and Sermons

Life has become a sermon. Think about it, with all that has happened, there are many lessons we are all learning through this trial. Waiting. Patience. Waiting. Uncertainty. Waiting. As I mentioned earlier, waiting is the hardest. Sermons teach us about trials, overcoming trials and life applications. The past week has been an intense lesson in these things

Today we have been informed there is a concern over pneumonia. They have been working on his lungs, but he is 'caughin' up, and it isn not clear, so the concern is pneumonia. A new concern to keep in prayer. And pray for the absence of new concerns. Al doesn't need anything else to be added on.

With Al, everything is in constant motion, so to speak. Oh so typical for him. Al never has 'let the grass grow beneath him.' Why should we expect anything different now? He is very responsive to the nurses. He is very responsive to visitors that come in to see and pray with him. I was told of a tear that welled up in his right eye yesterday during a visit. Al is being touched by our love for him, but especially touch by God's love.

2 Timothy 4:2 says to be prepared, in season and out of season, to preach the Word. And in verse 5 it concludes with..."do the work of an evangelist." I used this verse in Church this morning as I began an update of Al. This is how Al began every day, including last Monday. Al's life is preaching a sermon to us right now. His life is saying "remain faithful" and I am sure he would want this time to be used for God's glory. Fridays prayer service ended with the song "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns. The words say, "Let your Lifesong sing for Me, I want sign Your name at the end of each day, so let your Lifesong sing..." I encourage everyone to "let your Lifesong Sing!" Be ready, in season and out of season. You never know how God will choose to use you. This is what Al would want.