"We are the clay and You our potter" Isa 64:8

In the wake of all that happened in my life recently as described by my latest post, I had asked for prayers from many people. I wanted to share with you how God has answered those prayers even today.  This past weekend I had the privilege of being at my home church in Powell. To be honest it was difficult to concentrate as I was basking in the wonderful feeling of just being home. Sitting under the pastor that God has used to speak Truth to me since I was first able to Hear, I heard God once again. He was preaching from 2 Corinthians 5:11-17 on “The motivation for a poured-out life.” “Therefore I urge you brothers by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship” (Romans 12:1). “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body” (1 Corinth...

Excuse me for a minute while my heart bleeds a little. Sometimes life is hard and it hurts. I’m going to be honest I have let the wind and the waves take over the past few week. But God has gently reminded me that even in the midst of the storm He is there. And not only is He there but He is using the storm to teach me and draw me closer to Him. The point of the storm is not to survive- it’s to meet the savior.  I’m going to be really sore tomorrow, and in the worst way possible. Not because of a great workout, but because I had to crack a kid’s chest today to keep his heart beating. I did it all right. I got the intraosseous line in on my first try and it worked beautifully. I did chest compressions at the right depth with good recoil and at the right rate. We did it all: the Epinephrine, the ventilator, the lines. Yet at the end of it I stood there listening to a mom try to comfort her son over a phone call as his heart was stopping. I did everything I could and yet his hea...