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Psalm 30

The subtitle of this psalm informs us that it was composed for the dedication of the temple, a temple David never actually built, but for which he prepared by storing materials to build it.  This song, then, was sung in anticipation of the temple's completion under David's son Solomon.

Actually, the song never mentions the temple itself, but instead it reads  rather like an epitaph for David's entire life - a memorial to what the Lord had done to bring him to the throne of Israel and to preserve him during his shepherding of God's people until the end of his life and reign.  Because of David's strong desire to build the Lord's House, it serves quite well as a dedication to the actual building.

If indeed the psalm was to be such a dedication as well as being an epitaph for David himself, then we can assume a great deal of faith on David's part in his preparing ahead of time in this way.  He was obviously trusting his Lord to preserve him to the end of his life and to coninue by enabling Solomon to do the actual building.  It's also more than evident that the epitaph David wanted for his life was one of praise to Jehovah.

When considering this song, we need once again to remember that anything that was true for David was true for God's people Israel as well, since they were recipients of God's blessings through David.  They were given victory over their foes through him, and they could also sing with him, "I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, and have not let my foes rejoice over me!"  There would have been many, many times when, in fact, they should indeed all sing, "I cried out to You, and You healed me.  O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit."

And always they could sing, "Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy Name.  For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."  They would have learned, through all of David's reign, to wait on the Lord through thick and thin.

There would undoubtedly have been prosperous times when David - and the people - would have boasted that they could stand strong through anything, but then, even though they may not have been aware of it, it was never they themselves who were strong, but it was the Lord Who kept them. Then, when their God "hid His face" they would indeed have been "troubled."  But, having fallen into trouble, they would have cried out to their Lord in the depths  of their trouble, "Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; oh Lord be my helper!"

And the Lord, times without number, answered them.  Again and again they could sing, "You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness!"

So the result of all these experiences, both for Israel and for David their king, was that they could sing, "O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever!"  In other words, they could learn from God's ever-present help, throughout many, many years, that they could trust Him ALWAYS, even on into eternity!

And now?  David's greater Son, our Lord Jesus Christ is King, and He HAS always upheld us, and, through Him, we WILL always be blessed.  So - will you not trust Him, even through times of darkness and trouble?  Will you trust that, though "His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life?"  Will you remember that "weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning?"  If you can thus trust Him, then, at the end of your life, this psalm can be be your triumphant epitaph of praise as well!
Al Moak

Here's a hymn that reflects these thoughts.  Just click to hear the music.

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So - will you not trust Him, even through times of darkness and trouble?  Will you trust that, though "His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life?"  Will you remember that "weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning?"  If you can thus trust Him, then, at the end of your life, this psalm can be be your triumphant epitaph of praise as well!

Al, thank you for this devotional for this week.

Oh, that we might all have this epitaph at the end of our lives.

It's a wonderful thought too, that "joy cometh in the morning"....

Lovely thoughts, thank you.

Hi there Carol!  How's it going?

Ohhhh boy!    This day, which started out so great (I went to the pool and swam 3/4 mile; then did errands, had lunch, came home with plans to spend the afternoon reading) went all haywire this afternoon!  Darrel and I had nail appointments with the Sr. center nurses, and while they were doing that, Darrel said his chest felt "tight."  They questioned him, then told him to take a nitro.  He did, it eased for maybe 5 minutes, then got tight again.  When they finished our toenails, they told him he should go to the doctor.  He didn't really want to, but they picked up the phone and called, and the nurse at the doctor's office said yes, send him right over.  To shorten this just a little, Darrel is spending the night in the hospital with a heart monitor attached.  I told him I never heard of going to get your toenails cut and winding up in the hospital!    I know you will pray for him, and we appreciate that.

Beth is feeling better today, but received word that one of her NF friends who came twice to visit her, with his wife, had a heart attack and a stroke and passed away yesterday.  Joe was only 54 years old, but the saddest part is that he didn't know the Lord.  (Unless he accepted Him recently and didn't tell his wife or friends.)  Beth feels bad about that, of course.

Janet! For you, our Lord will surely give you "joy in the morning" - you're a good a faithful servant, and He will see you through these difficulties. It's good to hear that Beth is better, although saddened by the loss she's suffered, but I'm really sorry that Darryl is now hospitalized! Yikes.

I've just gotta give y'all some praise reports from today. I had a blood test maybe 3 weeks ago that had some abnormal reading which caused my neurologist to send me to a specialist. The appt. was for this morning. So, needless to say, I didn't give my complete trust to our Master, who wants so much to bear our burdens - I was awake until the wee hours of this morning from worry and fear. I surely don't want to deal with yet another "diagnosis!!"

Well, he was very personable when he came into the room, immediately putting me at ease. Then, he plopped down into his chair, opened my chart, and said that he knew already without further examination that he could tell me put my worries about this visit to bed! He outlined a bunch of things that might cause the test to worry him: in my 20's with this reading (nope), pregnant (hardly!), hands and feet turn white when they get cold (no), etc. Every response was a NO.

Then he turned to other things. In checking my left knee, he commented that it looks like to him it needs to be replaced. Then when he began to examine the right knee, I winced a few times, and he keenly said, Ms. Bice, this knee is red hot - you MUST have it replaced as quickly as possible. So I said the surgery is scheduled for the 30th of this month.

Then we talked about my short right leg, and he gave me some advice to be sure to notify both my surgeon and the therapists of this - it will impact the way they take care of me. And he even checked me for scoliosis of the spine - none.

I walked out with his reassurance ringing in my ears, "Ms. Bice, unless I personally phone and ask you to return, you just continue taking good care of your osteoarthritis and continue your good diabetes control. Good luck on your retirement!"

What a relief!

Then, this afternoon I had a very good meeting with someone I've been doing some work for.

So, with TWO praise reports, I just had to share the good news. I think I'd better go back and read the passage again about worrying when even the sparrow and the lilies of the field are taken care of...

Hi all...I am afraid a new sickness has hit me in a big way. It is the same sickness which has taken my mother to the hospital where she is at this moment of time. It has been a long time since I have felt so unwell.
I wrote the following poem a few days ago inspired by Jeannine's visit to me.


Hope you all have a blessed day. 

Hi everyone.  It is going to be another hot day here in Georgia.  

I took my old laptop in to MIcroCenter yeserday as they have a technical support section where they will look at problems with a computer and diagnose, if they can, and if it is a software problem or something of that type they will fix it.  If it is hadware then they will advise you on what is needed and help you find the right repair part.  My laptop is working fine except when the battery gets to full charge it switches to the battery and runs it down and then I have to unplug the AC adapter and plug it back in and it will recharge the battery.  The tech had never seen this problem.  The solution was to remove the battery and just run on AC, which is the way I always use my laptop here at home.  So hopefully that will fix the problem and I won't need to get a new laptop.

My friend Rod took the computer I brought home from my daughters and found it was a resolution problem with the monitor, that was easily fixed.  I now have it hooked up and am updating it and installing programs on it so it will be a spare computer.  The new monitor I brought back from her apartment is working fine so things are looking good on the computer front.

Yesterday afternoon I signed her up for Skype where she can use her computer to call any regular telephone and also Skype in so that anyone can call her from a regular phone.  I had to give up on the Magic Jack.  This is a little more expensive but still very reasonable.  It is $2.95 a month for the out calling and $4 a month for the incoming calls.  Computer to computer was free but you can't use that in calling doctor's offices, etc.  Seven dollars a month is certainly preferable to $45 or $50 for a cell plan with a 2 year commitment and considerable cheaper than putting in a telephone line.  So far this is working beautifully.  She is also really enjoying having the laptop, which she keeps right beside her.  Hopefully this will take care of her computer and phone problems for awhile.

Al, thanks for the new devotional thoughts on the Psalms.  

Janet, saddened to hear that Darrel was back in the hospital but better safe than sorry and suffering from heart problems I guess we have to expect an occasional flare up and a night in the hospital.  I hope it turns out to be nothing serious.  We just never know what each day holds for us.  Sorry to hear of the loss of Beth's friend so suddenly.

Ruth Ann, sounds like you got a very good report from the doctor and the client work has gone well.

Hi Pat and Paul.  It is a big job getting a house ready to sell particularly if it has been lived in for a long while, which I know is the case here.  

Etta Sue, too bad about the matte boards as know those are not cheap.  Perhaps you can salvage them for smaller sized framing or had the center already been cut away?  I don't know much about matte boards.

Marilyn, I do enjoy working on computer and sharing any knowledge I have.  I am not a technician but have been able to learn a little about that such as putting in a hard disk or a card.  Fortunately my best friend is a whiz at this, as is my son, so if I get in too deep I have a source to turn to.  Sorry the dogs had to put up with another night of loud bangs in the area.

Colin, sorry to hear of your illness and sure hope it doesn't put you in the hospital.  Thanks for the new poem.

Hope everyone has a very nice day.  I have a meeting to attend shortly then am looking forward to a quiet afternoon and evening.

Yesterday was our 46th wedding anniversary and we had planned to go out to dinner but I went to lunch with some friends and really wasn't hungry so Pat suggested we wait and go Wednesday night, since Wednesday is her birthday.  That is what we are going to do.

Janet ~ So sorry to hear about Darrel.  Glad he was where people encouraged him to seek medical help. 

Ruth Ann ~ Praises!  How wonderful to receive two praises in one day! 

Ivalou went to her cardiologist yesterday.  Her heart beat is still too fast.  So they doubled the topril again.  Started out with 50MG a day and now 200mg a day.  I talked to her earlier and she said already she feels more like her old self.  Before she just didn't feel right.  She couldn't pin point what was wrong but something just wasn't right.  Just don't want to think about not having my sister around. 

I am to go Kitty's this afternoon and try the mattes again.  Her husband adjusted the matte cutter and she cut her mattes and they measure correctly and the corners are square.  The State Fair measures your mattes so they have to be correct or they are disqualified.  Hopefully I will come home with my photos matted and then just wait for the labels the State Fair board mails to you.  You affix them on the back of your photos.  Also we get free State Fair tickets so the money is well spent! 

Better get some lunch before Kitty calls.

Where is everyone?  I thought I lost my notification but upon looking I was the last to post....NINE hours ago!!!

Hey, let's fill this up!!  Come on now!!

Hello everyone. The air is full of smoke here today as the winds are blowing the smoke west now. I wwent out to Blue Lake today to visit with the kids more smoke there than here.

Not much new here today, it is hot and to me it feels oppressive. probably because of the smoke in the air.

Colin, sorry to hear you are unwell, and hope you bounce back quickly.  Lovely poem!

Larry, glad all is well on your computer front.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU AND PAT!!

Etta Sue, glad Ivalou is feeling better, too!  And good luck at the State Fair!

Ruth Ann, I am rejoicing with you.  We do love praise reports!!

Thanks for the prayers for Darrel.  We got home this afternoon, after 24 hours in the hospital.  He got a good report from all the tests, Praise God!! 

Now, I hope we will be back on track tomorrow!

Hey, Pat!  Good to see your post today!

Well, I just got in tonight - took a bit of time for supper and ate at the church with our seniors Bible study, but headed back to try to finish a pesky programming problem that must be resolved before I retire next week's big client meeting on W-F. So, not much time left...

I stopped for the night, but should be able to finish tomorrow - along with the expense account I nearly forgot - and then one final go at trying to set up two changes to an ongoing "here's what the cost of your insurance is per day for each property you own" project. I'm afraid I've nearly run out of magic tricks for that program...maybe the Lord will give me the wisdom to either be able to make the change requested or find someone who will be kind enough to give me a hand. 

Now's time for the ole gal to get ready for bed.

Marilyn, I'd be coughing my head off from that smoke. My asthma really flares up when smoke (of any type, even cigarettes or hot skillets) is around.

Glad Daryl is out and has clearance from the doctors. I know that makes your load lighter (and his, too), Janet.

Etta Sue, the man that took the photo of me which is in this discussion also enters photos in the state fair. He's won several prizes and sold some of the photos, too.

Larry, aren't you thankful some of the computer stuff is going better for y'all!

Hi, and much love, to those I've not mentioned.

 Hi, everyone;
Sorry I haven't posted any pictures or comments in so long. We've had a busy week.

I've been mowing lawns and going places. Plus we just got a huge pool (18 feet!) which my sisters and I have been swimming in it almost every day.

I'll post some pictures as soon as photobucket lets me in again.

    Good morning to all yes it is very early.  I just thought I would say hi to all as we will be away for a couple of days.  We are going to see my beautiful granddaughter and her parents. plus some friends.  We are having very hot weather every day and very humid but that's o.k. because winter comes to fast.

Larry:  I am glad to see you got your computer fixed I do hope that your daughter is feeling a bit stronger.

Colin:  Hope that you are feeling a bit stronger and the poem was beautiful.  Makes me want to come home.

Al:  Thanks for the good devotion.

Well must go to bed it realy is late. to all that I did not mention may the Lord be with those of you who have medical problems and all the others have a good week.  Gord.

Thank you for praying for Japan.  After just over 10 years of ministry to our friends, Kozo and Shizuka, I baptized Shizuka today.

http://pastorkevinspicts.blogspot.com/2008/07/shizukas-baptism.html

In His Grip,
Kevin

Hi everyone.  Got up early this morning as my hip joints were aching.  Guess I laid on my sides too long.  Nothing serious, just annoying. 

Today is my wife's 67th birthday.  We have Bible study at the church this morning and this evening we are going to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner.  If you go on your birthday you get a free meal or up to a certain allowance on the bill.  She already got her birthday present with the new sewing table, which she really likes.

I spent my time yesterday working on the restored computer, getting all the software updates in place and loading the programs I want on it.  I probably won't use it very often but it will be a spare in case something happens to my regular computer. 

Yesterday, when I wrote on CP, I thought my laptop was going to be all right.  Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case and it wouldn't run without the battery and the periodic unplugging the power cord so it would recharge the battery.  So it looks like I will be back in the market for a laptop.  I have pretty well fixed in my mind what I would like to have.

We had a wonderful rain last night.  My friend wrote me this morning that they had 1.75 inches and he lives only about 3 miles or so from me.  The power was out in the area for a couple of hours.  I heard on the news that a tree fell on a house not too far from here and a lady was injured but is recovering. 

Janet, very good news that Darrel got good reports and has been released from the hospital.  I always feel these occurrences make us realize how fragile life is and help us focus on living each day that we are given.

Kevin, ten years is a long time to serve a congregation.  Congratulations.

Gord, enjoy that granddaughter during your time away.  They grow up so fast.

Scotty, nice to see you are enjoying the pool.  The summer is quickly passing by.  At least in our area it is only about 4 weeks before school starts again.

Ruth Ann, good luck with your projects for your clients. 

Marilyn, are you anywhere near the wildfires?  I know the smoke can be carried in the air for long distances.  I can't imagine what it must be like to live close to the areas burning.

Etta Sue, it sounds like your sister is getting the problem with her heart under control.  Hope the matte cuttings went well.

Good morning all,

Colin ~ beautiful poem, didn't think I could inspire anything...lol. Your home is so beautiful to these "wondering eyes" and if N. Ireland is like heaven then heaven must be beyond imagining. Praying for you, that you feel better very soon.

Larry ~ praying for you too. Happy Birthday to your wife.

Hi Janet ~ glad Darryl is home and better!

Kevin ~  WOW 10 yrs! Congratulations

Hello to Gord, Scotty, Al, Pat, Paul, Marilyn, Ruth, Etta Sue, Ed...phew! and any others I forgot to mention.

My husband is still in the hospital, 4wks and 5 days. He is still having a rough time, last week he went into congestive heart failure for which they gave him lasix (sp). Anyways, his sodium is out of wack among other things, like sugar, and they keep increasing the water to flush it out. It works but it sends the excess fluid to his lungs and heart, a viscious circle. They are trying to get him medically stable so they can send him to a rehab facility, then hopefully home. Oh yes, he gained 6lbs on the tube feeds so is now 108 lbs. Needless to say have been up to the hospital everyday.

Michael is doing very well, he is loving summer school at home, they come to him. He is making great progress with the speech valve and the button for making choices and answering questions. Just the noise, no words, we will keep working on that.

Next month on the 25th I get my right knee replaced, hopefully that will help eliminate the pain that is constant.

Well, I hope you all have a God filled and blessed day! Prayin for y'all!

Still Trusting In Him,
Jeannine

Good Morning everyone.

The girls are off to Cadet CAmp at CFB Trenton.  Aparently the military planes are waking them up at night.....They will get used to it.  They seem to be enjoying their time there though.

The puppies are so smart.  They are potty trained, running to the door when they have to "go".  Each has an individual personality, with one a little timid.  He will wait to see what the others do when they are called before he comes running.  They hide under the ramp and come running when called.  Careful where you step though as it is easy to step on them.  If they are at the door they won't come in to the house until they are invited in.  Anyone want one?

John is in OshKosh today, where to from there is still up ion the air.

Well I have work to get done, God bless you all
JudyB

Larry from what I have heard and read we are about 100 miles fromthe nearest fire, from there a lot of fires are burning in every direction. The wind is bringing cinders and ash  to the coast and depositing it on our cars and houses.

I am washing the blankets off my bed this morning before I go to work, then will finish dryign them when I get back home.

I made a low cal, low fat Cherry Cheesecake yesterday and boiled the potatoes for potato salad.

TTYL

A cool morning here and we walked in the park for a total of three miles.  Refreshing.  Yesterday, we drove a load of fragiles to son's garage, picked up a dust collector for Don's woodworking shop, and had a trailer hitch installed.  Long day and we finally got something to eat before 8 P.M. after no time for lunch.  

Pat:  Hello - I have been busy every day here and can't imagine how busy you are with new house plans and all the travel you have of back and forth.  This is about an hour and half drive each way and that is proving to be enough.

Janet:  Super news about Darrel.  

Judy B:  I just love your puppy stories.  It is a good thing I am not there because at least one would be coming home with me.  

Colin:  What kind of sickness is going around.  Sorry to hear about your mother and I do hope she is recovering.  

Jeannine:  Always good to hear from you.

Kevin:  Super!  

Guess I will turn my keys into the church this afternoon - I don't know if the quilt group is meeting as usual because of it being July - would like to say goodbye.  This is very strange in moving.  Some of the people I know least have written or called to wish us luck and so forth while some of my friends haven't said a peep.  We have moved many times in life so I do know that it is difficult for some people to say "goodbye" and they just ignore it.  Not unlike the fact that a lot of people don't say anything to a person who has lost a spouse or other tragedy - Pastor Al, perhaps you can explain this to all of us.  



Marilyn:  Take care - smokey air is not good for anyone.

Good morning!

Kevin, great news of the baptism!  Sometimes it takes a long time to see the fruit of our efforts, but it is so sweet when it comes.  Congratulations---and the photos are wonderful.  Jazz just had to get into the action, huh?    That river looks so clean, too.

Carol, I agree it is strange the way people react, or fail to react.  I had ONE short email from a church friend, saying she saw my photo in the paper when I won the spelling bee, otherwise, nothing.  Oh, well....  (Not that that begins to compare to your moving, of course--just a small example.)

I am so glad we aren't near the wildfires, nor the flooding.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if the excess water from the flooding could be put on the fires?  I'm dreaming, I know.  Marilyn and Al, try not to breathe too much of that smoke.

Jeannine, you really have your hands full.  But your trust is in the right place.  It was great for you to have the Ireland trip, gave you a breather from the home problems, at least.

Larry, I have been considering a laptop, but know NOTHING  at all about them, which kind is better, what is a good price, etc.  I have saved all I've made working, except the tithe, so I have the money for one, but need some advice on choosing.

Judy, the puppies sound adorable.  Darrel is undecided about getting another dog.  This is the first time in his life he hasn't had a dog.  We are down to only our cat, Dinah, as a pet now.  And she sheds something fierce, so we don't let her into the house as much as we would like.  No matter how often I brush her, when you pet and stroke her, the hair flies all over, you see it in the light from the windows.

Pat, I surely like today's verse in the side bar!

Well, today's prediction is 50% chance of rain until midday.  I have two loads of clothes on the line.  So far so good and the sun is shining bright right now. 

We got my pictures matted and two of Kitty's.  She is still trying to print with her Epsom 2400 printer and new computer.  It is dark.  And now I know why she is all the time buying ink...she prints and throws them away!  And printing large photos absorb the ink!!  I think two of my pictures are outstanding...one is so so. 

Not much planned for today.  Tomorrow all three of us...Kaye Don, Ivalou and I are getting our driveways re-sealed.  They are in need and that is the lifetime of a paved drive.  So we all have to remember to park our cars in the grass somewhere in case we need to go somewhere because we aren't to walk or drive on the pavement for 24 hours!!

We've got the same smoke Marilyn's talking about.  There are over 300 wildfires burning in the state, so there's plenty of smoke to go around.  Before mankind arived here, the fires didn't matter all that much, and in fact they served lthe useful purpose of disposing of old vegetation, making way for the new.  But with a crowded state  in our day there are structures built in many places that are in the paths of the fires.  So these days they fight the fires, and that's costing unbelieveable amounts of money and time.

Carol - the basic answer to the question you asked Carol is that man is fallen and doesn't practice love the way it should be practiced.  More particularly, though, many people are quite afraid that they won't know to say the right words - so they don't say anything.  However, we need to be aware that our Lord would have us to be concerned for one another - and to encourage, affirm, asnd even rebuke one another much more than we do.  We need to pray for grace to do this.

Quote from: Al Moak on July 09, 2008, 01:24:43 PM
Carol - the basic answer to the question you asked Carol is that man is fallen and doesn't practice love the way it should be practiced.  More particularly, though, many people are quite afraid that they won't know to say the right words - so they don't say anything.  However, we need to be aware that our Lord would have us to be concerned for one another - and to encourage, affirm, asnd even rebuke one another much more than we do.  We need to pray for grace to do this.

Amen Al, and I fall down in that area so often.  I am afraid many times to speak because I have been critisized for actually caring.  so I care in silence.

Carol if you were here....would you take precious Freckles? or perhaps one of the more daring.  Interestingly John is the biggest advocate on downsizing our dog population, and he has said if money was not an issue there are a couple he would keep.  Surprise, surprise! Maybe he is getting soft in his old age!

I think the heat has got to me.  Tummy upset and very lightheadded.  Oh to go home and relax.  BUT no time for that I have 4 sewing jobs to get done one is due on Friday.  I am dreading that one as it requires beading and changing the lines of the tiny beads.  The last one is just making pocket curtains for a camper.  Straight sewing. 

Well better be gone I have an order to finish and send in.

Have a great day
JudyB

Well Carol the sickness involves a lot of vomiting and other stuff we wont mention! Thank you for asking about Mum who is still in the hospital. Cant even visit cos I am so sick myself. Take care Carol.

Hi all and God bless.

Judy, are you drinking plenty of water?  It sounds as if you might be dehydrated.

I'm off to watch my 3 programs on TBN!

Hi, friends, thankfully, today has been much better than yesterday.

Lots of panicky calls from a work associate. Then, I ended up working through lunch (ate soup at my desk) so that not too much time would be lost from the workday since I had to leave at 1:30 for a dental appointment.

Then, I headed over to the auto store to have the wipers checked on little Josie - she was squeaking each time she wiped the windshield. And, it's still in the 30 day everything's covered period, so they replaced the front and rear wipers - they were old. And, I'll have them check tomorrow to see if the alignment is good.

Next was a stop at the grocery. Being not too far from my daughter's home, I phoned to see if she wanted to pick up a quick salad nearby before she left for work. Had to leave a voice mail. Well, I proceeded to the light that allows customers to get out into busy traffic, and while I was there, she phoned laughing. "Mom, I see you! I'm here at the Starbucks!" And, I caught sight of her in my rear view mirror. No time to eat, cuz she was on her way to a before-work business meeting. But it was definitely fun for us to have that chance "sighting!"

Jeannine, my right knee gets replaced the 30th of this month, and I, too, look forward to being able to get around better. Lots of folk have cautioned, though, that I must be careful to do exactly as told by the caregivers after the surgery. (Just a word to the wise!)

Have a great rest of the day, friends.

Hey there, all y'all!    

Today is the second time, in as many months, that I've had an appointment to donate blood and they wouldn't take it!     Seems my hematocrit count is too low.  Sooooo I went to the store and bought raisins and iron fortified cereal and other stuff to fill up on tonight and then I'll try again tomorrow.  I think I'm getting on the far side of this blood donation thing, anyway    Once I have the next two done I'll have 4 gallons (here in Oregon) and I think I'll quit after that.  That is, if they ever get those two done!   

Sorry people are not feeling so purty good .... but praising God for the good reports from others.  I've been here, reading, but just trying to stay out of the way (over here in the corner).  Y'all take care ... I'll be back.

Hi Ruth Ann,

Yes thank you, I have been told the same thing. It shouldn't be too much different from the last 6 times the knee has been operated on. Just to be careful and follow directions at rehab, that's the easy part.

I will be praying for your quick recovery from your surgery. Take care and God bless.

To everyone who visits today I pray you have a God filled and blessed day! Now back to my corner.

Still Trusting in Him,
Jeannine