A Praise of Wonderful Value!

May 8, 2008

I want to share a praise about a close friend of mine in Colorado. His name is Bill and a short time ago he was suspected of having a cancer on his body that was a very dangerous kind. My wife can pronounce the name of it but I cannot. I have prayed for my brother and in his own faith, he too, has prayed and God has answered our prayers. His wife's name is Mimi and they both are two very special people in our lives and we have had to give them over to God and so it has been done, in God's timing.

Yesterday afternoon, God chose to give us the wonderful news that even though the cancer was of the more serious in nature, the "margins" were all clear, meaning that during the procedure, they were able to remove all of the cancer and my good friend Bill is left with none. PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFTS! Now my friend is clear and should suffer no difficulties from this event in his life. And what is so remarkable is that he is a brave, yet God fearing man, who has placed his life in God's hands to do as He sees fit. I constantly pray that God would strengthen my faith to this level of comfort. God has been gracious to Bill in healing him and just as Jesus tells Peter in Luke 22:31-32, "after Satan has requested permission to sift (Bill) like wheat, God told Bill to help his brothers when he recovers" (paraphrased-its 4am and my eyes are not open well but I just had to share).

Bill is a vibrant, fun loving, evangelist who is very much needed in today's world for the purposes of God and His developing plan for us and I am overwhelmed with joy for my brother's good report. You might continue to pray that Bill continues to heal from the actual procedure and that his recovery will be complete.

God is the greatest physician and I wish we could all get a dose of that type of medicine. Just going through a "valley" like that cannot help but strengthen our faith. Thank you so much for your prayers. I am a selfish man and there are people in this world I want God to handle DIRECTLY.

Well, "It Is What It Is" and God is still on His throne.

God bless,

Dave