Good Morning

Psalm 41:3 (English Standard Version)
3The LORD sustains him on his sickbed;
in his illness you restore him to full health.[a]
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 41:3 Hebrew you turn all his bed

Elijah is eight years old. Elijah has pain in his hip area. All the tests indicate that he probably has Ewing’s sarcoma – a form of bone cancer. If you think you have heard of it before, you have. For months you have been praying for Sara Barr who had – repeat had – Ewing’s sarcoma in her leg. Her thigh bone was removed and she has been undergoing chemotherapy for months. Just last week, her scans returned CLEAN!!! Praise God from Whom all blessings flow. The survival rate for Sara’s cancer is 60%. We will keep on praying because that is what we do.

The survival rate for Ewing’s sarcoma in the hip area is 25 to 30%. Wednesday we put Elijah on our prayer list as an urgent prayer request. Friday the doctors in Denver did exploratory surgery. All markers pointed toward the worse case scenario. The tumor was BENIGN!!! The doctors cannot remove it so they will attack it with chemotherapy over the course of the next two months but they are confident that by July this little boy will be running and playing sports again!!! There is still a long road ahead but God IS GOOD … Amen.

Melinda shared this good news with us yesterday. At the same time she shared that her Dad shared with Elijah’s father that we should never doubt the grace of God. Amen? Amen!

Then we heard good reports on Terry Patterson and on Sara Barr. And this was all before we studied about Paul being put in the deepest part of the jail in Philippi – and holding an impromptu prayer meeting. What a good day …and it makes me excited about the day to come.

Remember to pray for Elayne today as she undergoes surgery – and for James too.

Agape’

Mr. Jim
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