Quick Update

Hi ya'll!

Things seem to be going well with Michelle... she continues to heal from the angiogram, as well as all the other "stuff" she has gone through, and each day she feels a little stronger. The only nagging thing apart from some continuing tenderness from the angiogram is that the "pressure" in her chest is still there. We have no definitive answer as to why she is feeling it but at least we have ruled out any real problems with her heart. So we patiently wait while praising the Lord that it was not her heart!!! Amen...

We will head out tomorrow for SoCal to spend Thanksgiving with family! As I was considering the holiday, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 came to mind. So often we run around crazily in this life trying to determine what the will of God is for us, as in what He would have us do, where He would have us go, who would He have us involved with, etc.. Have you ever stopped long enough to look to the Word of God with that question in mind - have you ever done a search on the will of God in the bible? If you have, you have found something unique.... it is SO not about those things we think it is! For instance, look at what the above mentioned verse says:

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

Did you catch it? The will of God in Christ Jesus for us is to rejoice always, pray without ceasing and in everything give thanks!!! So what's the point, Steve? Simply this: As you celebrate Thanksgiving with family this Thursday may you fulfill the will of God in your life, may your day be filled with rejoicing regardless of the peripheral things of life that may be swirling around you, being be punctuated with spontaneous and constant prayer, and may you acknowledge the very foundation of our thankfulness, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, lifting up thanks for all He has done and is doing in your lives!!!

Blessings to you all - we love you! Steve and Michelle