Ballgames, Tubes and Jed

It's been a busy week around here with games, practices and the usual array of activities.  Carson played Tuesday night and won his game, Gracen had practice and is working on throwing strikes as opposed to the balls she has been throwing way too many of, then we have piano on Wednesday and usually Awana but it ended last week, and then this morning we had to be in Little Rock for Gracen to have a PE tube put in her right ear.  She has been having fluid buildup that gets infected over and over and has ruptured the ear drum twice so our ENT put a tube in and we hope that it fixes the problem and her hearing returns to normal.

Marty won in district this afternoon and now plays in the finals tomorrow, Friday, at 4 pm at Poyen and on to regionals next week.  Both kids have games tomorrow night as well so it's just a flurry of activity this time of year.

Please continue to remember Jed Harper and his family while Jed is fighting cancer.  The Kirby community turned out and gave them an awesome fundraiser this last weekend.  We were unable to attend due to conflicts but can't wait to pick up my shirt tomorrow and wear it this weekend!  So thankful to be a part of such a giving community.  I just finished reading Lori's latest blog update and was literally in tears by the end.  As I read about Jed playing doctor with his little dog, Biscuit, and how he was telling him that Jesus was the best Doctor and as I was reading the song "My Son" by Mark Shultz was playing on Lori's site and that song while reading about little Jed just broke my heart for them.  Please remember to lift up little Jed to the ultimate Physician daily.

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 

James 5:15

Please pray for my dad

I was just thinking this afternoon that the week couldn't get anymore stressful.  I was enjoying the beautiful weather and wishing I could be outside, but also have been dealing with lots of stuff with getting our house repaired from the storm and yada, yada, yada. Then, I pull into my garage this afternoon as my phone rang.  As soon as I saw my dad's face on my phone's caller ID...I knew it wasn't going to be good. 

I had been wondering all day when I was going to hear from him about a kidney CT he was having and when I saw the ID I just got a pit in my stomach.  Sure enough, he told me that he was diagnosed with bladder cancer today.  We don't know a lot more until he has surgery to remove the tumor, but please be in prayer that the tumor is easily removed and that they caught it early. 

Seems like I find out someone else I know has cancer weekly lately. Sometimes it seems like nothing but gloom and doom in the world today, but I know that no matter how disappointing and stressful and full of despair the world is today.....my Savior is still on the throne and still in control.  He is the great Physician and He knows what every day holds and I trust Him to get me through those days.  Jill Sullivan's blog today on joy said this...In 2 Corinthians 6:10, Paul says, "Our hearts ache, but we always have joy."

Thanks for praying!