O Divine Presence,
We are embraced by the mystery that is You. Forgive our feeble attempts to limit You to our own definitions. Forgive, we pray, our propensity to assume You are always on our side. May we strive, rather, to be on Your side. You are the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You are also the God of Jesus, who established a new covenant with You on our behalf, a covenant based on love. Help us, O Lord, to be a covenant people, ones who fulfill our part of the promise by loving You, loving our neighbor, and making disciples of Jesus. This we pray in His name, AMEN.
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We have 13 youth and 2 adults at the Mid-Winter Retreat at Central Christian Camp. Pray that they have fun, remain warm and are touched by the Spirit at this event.
We received the following email from Willo Clark. It was forwarded from Shannon Arensman, Kevin’s wife:
Dear Family,
We received word late last night that my mother-in-law, Marilynn Arensman, has been having problems swallowing for at least the last month. After treating her for a few different ailments, including pneumonia, without any improvement, a test was done that showed that her lower esophagus muscles (?), and the "flap that directs between lungs and stomach" have quit working; so part of whatever she swallows has been going to her lungs. They think this may be neurologically related, so they are seeking out further investigation by a neurologist, hopefully this week.
It is possible, but unknown, whether this could have been initiated by a small stroke. -- No one is aware of this actually having occurred at any time.
So we would like to ask for prayers for Marilynn, for the doctors to be able to determine the proper diagnosis and treatment, and for her family.
Thank you!!
Love,
Shannon
Thelma Harper, Chester Ross, and Ila Crain are still in St. Mary’s Hospital. Joan Petersen is still there as well. She told me that she had a light stroke. Russell Maupin is also there and he is not doing well.
Francis Ferne DeVisser was not at Bass Hospital yesterday. I was told she was not released to her home, but they wouldn’t tell me where she went. If you know, please call the church office.
Anita Townley (listed by her first name Sarah) is in Bass Hospital. He has fallen and broken her collar bone.
Lynn Unruh is still at the Bass Pavilion.
Please pray for all our hospitalized.
Tomorrow the Oklahoma Blood Institute will have their bus at the church for a blood drive. They will be there from 9:00 a.m. until noon. Please consider giving blood. Because they brought the bus the Sooner’s Class will still meet in the Fellowship Hall.
The Scripture for today is Exodus 2:1-10:
Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.
The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to bring it. When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him, “This must be one of the Hebrews’ children,” she said. Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed it. When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses, “because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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