The Weekend Is Over...

and none too early either.

It has been a very tumultuous week for us all in what was supposed to be a week of rest, relaxation and quality time with family. Instead, I was treated to a houseful of wild, cantankerous kids who apparently spoke a foreign language because the simple English commands of "stop that", "quit it", "don't touch your sister" and "come back here" all went unheeded.

Unfortunately, this all was going on in front of my beloved grandparents. They were in for a few days and I know they must've been worn out because of the kids' behavior and inability to listen...and maybe, our inability to effectively communicate with them. Poor GG & Bapa...I hope they'll come back to visit by Christmas. LOL

On top of that, my beautiful wife was on call for her hospital all weekend (Fri - Sun). Normally this isn't a big deal but last night at around 11:30pm, she got a call saying all the computers & internet services from the hospital crashed. Thus, she wasn't able to stay at home and read films over the internet nor was the overnight service that normally reads stuff after 10pm.

So, last night and, by all indications, tonight, I'll be alone in bed. All you married folks know what it's like to not have your spouse next to you at night. You really miss that "presence" in bed next to you and such was the case last night. From what I'm hearing from her from her latest phone call is that she's going to be up there again so I'm praying for someone with a technological mind to figure out what's been the malfunction.

Today in church, however...man, what a day!!! We were privileged to have the one & only Crabb Family in for a mini concert. This family is absolutely incredible and I highly recommend you go out as soon as you get done reading this blog and buy as many of their CD's as you can. You WILL be blessed! They opened the service with one of my all-time favorites "Friend of God" and it was as if they were not only turning up the volume to "10" but blowing all the cobwebs off from Thanksgiving dinner!! Our choir, of which I'm a part, accompanied them on the song "I'm Amazed" (you can hear this on the latest Brooklyn Tab CD) and it was a wonderful moment of annointing from the Holy Spirit. If it's one thing I love, it's great LIVE music that is filled with the Spirit and today, we got it at church.

Pastor Floyd followed up with an even more annointed message on Christ's response on how to love...

love God with all your heart, with all your soul and all your mind. Then, love each other.

Such a simple command but oh, Pastor spoke it in such an incredible message that just filled my soul. In fact, I'll spend some time later this week sharing some notes from that message.

You know, with all the up's & down's we all experienced this weekend, never forget that we serve a risen Lord & Savior who will always be there to protect us, walk with us and guide us on our way. He is the Great Physician and can do absolutely anything...

and He's already shown Himself in just 24 short hours.

We learned this morning before the service that a young lady who used to attend our church suffered a brain aneurysm on the way back to Virginia yesterday. She and her husband & family moved out to teach at Liberty University and had come back to Arkansas for the holiday. However, early yesterday morning, while driving through Tennessee, she suffered this internal injury and is now in a coma there in Knoxville, TN.

Our church came together and prayed in earnest for the great outpouring and healing from God Almighty. As we left after the service was over, we knew that the next 24 hours would be critical when and if she were to recover.

Tonight, while watching the Crabb family perform live on the internet from our Pinnacle Hills location, we learned that she's started swallowing on her own and has made attempts to pull the hoses out of her nose & mouth. God IS working and praise His holy name!!

Please join me tonight and all this week and continue to pray & ask for God's miraculous healing on this young lady. God can and will do what HE desires but He also loves to hear from us with prayers & requests and we need to lift our sister up. He's already doing some incredible things and tonight, I just pray that He will continue to show His providence and miraculous healing power to everyone in that hospital room. I pray He will reach down from Heaven and just touch her body tonight and heal her completely.

God is so good and so awesome!! We give Him thanks for all His blessings for this past year, for what He's done and what He's going to do. We thank Him for this healing He's showing us through this young woman and ask Him to continue to do a mighty work in her life. I thank Him for sending His Son to die for the sins of all mankind and I thank Him for giving us a way when there seems to be no way.

I thank Him for you too. May He bless you tonight and give you a glimpse of what He has in store for you. Have a great week!