Outside the Pigeon Holes

A few years ago I pulled a little pink paper heart off of a bulletin board at Shiloh church. It was to remind me to think of the person whose name was printed on it in my prayers - someone who was serving overseas during the heat of the war with Iraq. The name on my heart was Dr. Brad Wenstrup. I taped it to the dashboard of my car and it stayed there for a year or so. I thought of this person - who I'd never met - when I'd glance at his name as I was driving or getting into my car.  And I would say a short breath prayer. "God bless Brad" or "Be with Brad". I confess I am not gifted in deep intercessory prayer. My prayers for him were short and sometimes I didn't pray, but would look at the name and wonder who this person was, what he looked like, did he go to my church or was he a friend of someone who went there? What was his job in Iraq? I wondered if I would ever meet him. I hoped that I would, or at least know that he was OK. One afternoon dur...

"Every long lost dream led me to where you are Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars..." The scars are worth what I have found at the end of the broken road. Our God, He is good.

NICK IS AWAKE! Thanks all for prayers! From Kim: Thanks for all your prayers. Nick is awake and going to be okay. The temp is still at 99 but I got a phone call last night someone wanted to talk to me and it was Nick! God is awesome and i am so happy that all the prayers worked. He is going to be in the hospital through Sunday but they are moving him out of ICU later today. He does not remember the last 2 weeks but that is a small sacrifice to to make for having my brother back. Thanks for Everything! Kim