I do want to ask specifically for prayers for my husband's grandpa. He is in Chicago and was scheduled to have open heart surgery today. Last night we got a call that the Dr cancelled the surgery because of fluid around his lungs makes the surgery to risky. He is in ICU and not doing well at all. It is seems as though his health went wrong all of a sudden and faded quickly. I am holding on to hope, but I think I am one of the few. Please pray for him and his family. Thank you.

I wanted to share a verse with you that I read last week and again yesterday that is holding me up right now.

2 Corinthians 4:8-10

"We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandonded by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Through suffering our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies."

I have been pressed, perplexed, hunted and knocked down...But am I not defeated because of what Jesus has done for me. I, by and through my suffering through these hard times, am being brought closer to Jesus and His death that brought me life. I can only try to seek him more, with more heart and more obedience.

I hope that my suffering and the words spoken through it will encourage you in your hard times.

God bless you.