I have found a good thing….

This morning I am sitting at my desk and was reflecting over the past few days. Let me try to paint a picture for you of my life over the past few days. I underwent gallbladder removal surgery on Tuesday and found myself unable to do much. I had to learn to slow down and do less, which is normally a hard thing for me to do. I had to allow help in things that I normally had no problem doing for myself. I had to learn how to sleep again. Through all of this I found out that I not only have a good thing I have a great thing. What is it???

MY WIFE!!!



The Bible says in Proverbs 18:22 “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” How true this is in my life. I found myself over the past few days just realizing how truly blessed and favored I am over the wonderful wife my Lord has given me. I know it may seem like small stuff to others but there were times I was moved to tears over her sacrifices this past week. Then I realized all of the wonderful things she does for me everyday. I want to say how wonderfully blessed I am to have such a wonderful wife that will not only take care of me when I am sick, but that will also look for ways to care for me when I am well. I am so blessed today.

Has it always been this way? No, but back on the first day in 2000 I made a conscience choice that I would build my marriage around our wonderful God and ever since then God has blessed us in ways I can’t imagine. We realized that year that in order for us to be happy it would take Me, Her, and our God. Everything is not always perfect, but I will say that as the scripture says…I have surely found favour from the Lord.

I Love You Honey…

God has ways to keep you humble.

Yesterday I underwent gallbladder surgery. In the word’s of Forest Gump “That’s all I have to say about that.” Actually I went into this surgery with a few apprehensions, but all of them were put to the wayside after I woke up this morning and felt the pain from the surgery. I really don’t know what I was thinking, but man it does hurt.

Well to the point of the topic…God can make sure you are kept humble. Now with this statement I am not making an assumption that I live pride fully, but I do realize how much I need help from others today. While I was in the hospital, one of the conditions for me to go home is that I had to walk up and down the hallway. Here began the old man shuffle up and down the hallway. I had thought it would be easy, but nope. What made it more humbling is that one of our Church families was there to get to see me do the Old man shuffle. Was it embarrassing…no, but definitely humbling.

With this one Church family in mind, I realized that they were the only ones who came to visit me in the hospital…not anybody else including the Pastor of our Church who is also my employer. Sure he called, but never stepped foot into the hospital. Did this hurt…yes, but it also made me realize the need for leaning on the Lord.

God can remind us of how much we need him and give us ways to be humble, but if there is one great thing I will take out of this is that great scripture passage that says…

Matthew 22 "(36) Master, which is the great commandment in the law? (37) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (38) This is the first and great commandment. (39) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

Love others as you would want to be loved…Care for others as you would care for yourself. It is about others not just you