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Every morning, I wake up and one of the very first things I do is thank Jesus for another opportunity to do my job a little better than I did yesterday. I read some Scripture and sit silently to listen for that still, small voice in case there is a special task for the day. I receive messages and E-mails from all over the world from people looking for information on MELAS, the degenerative neuromuscular disease that I have since there is very little information to be found on the Internet. Search engines tend to frequently list one of the pages that I have posted about this disease and how I handle it day-to-day. Here recently, my immune system has taken a heavy hit from a life-threatening staph infection and I am to see an infectious disease doctor early in July. I am currently on two (2) antibiotics simultaneously and my energy level is somewhere just above minus zero. I have put out the call for prayers and many of you have responded. One message that I replied to this morning I would like to pass along to all. It went like this: "I claim your message as truth in the Name of Jesus! I was healed by His stripes some 2,000 years ago. God has given me the toughest of assignments based on my health but it has been the most fulfilling because I interact with other terminally ill individuals who are becoming more concerned about their life after death. Of course, that is something that everyone should take inventory of. For me, when I "check out" I'll leave this old beat-up shell behind as I transition with great expectation of what it will be like. I am sure that I will have greatly underestimated what God has in store for us. Thanks and God bless!" 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, `there' ye may be also. 14:4 And whither I go, ye know the way. I thank every one of you for your continued prayers. They are not said in vain. While my physical health continues to slowly decline, it is your prayers that hold me up to continue on. My job is a long ways from being done here on earth. Of course, only God knows when my assignment will end. It could be a year or another 30 years. I am 52 years old and nobody in my family that had this disorder lived past 55. But they unfortunately did not have two (2) things that I have. I have you all and I have Jesus. Praise God! In His Service, Dave 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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| Dave, I am honored to be the first to comment. I love you and am also praying for you. It makes me somewhat sad whenever you blog about your melas symptoms, I guess I am in denial that you are sick and will eventually leave us "before your time" (which actually will be your time, acc. to God's perfect timing). God bless you Dave, and I hope to talk to you very soon. Yours always....~mike |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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Dave, I echo Mike's thoughts here. We as a community here at mychurch care about you and will pray for you! As I've said in private I'm here to talk to you and pray for you bro and know that I do on a daily basis. |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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Pastor Dave,
Your blog makes me sad...because you have this disease but you continue to thank God everyday for another day! You face each day in expectancy of what HE has in store. What is your task, if any. Most of us out here....we don't have that disease or anything close. Healthy as an ox on this end...and I forget...I forget to thank God for another day. Because the way I see it....I should be just as thankful as you. I'm not promised one day on this earth anymore than anyone else. Your words are a reminder to me how delicate this life is and how thankful I need to be. (that's the sad part...)
I am lifting you up Pastor Dave and I pray for God's perfect healing! And Thank God! You don't have to be a Statistic!!!!! |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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| Continuing to pray for your Dave. |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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| Praying... |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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| We love you Dave!! You're an inspiration to us all! |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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| Praying for you brother! |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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| The amazing thing is that once everything is said and done we will receive everything that the Father promised. I don't think there are words in the human vocabulary to desribe the awesome wonder of what awaits us! |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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Dave, You my friend are a blessing to us all! Not only do you know where you are going and you GET to rejoice for your steps (even in melas symptoms) are ordered of God but you share those steps with us daily and often you know not of the encouragement that you bring us.... Thank You my friend! You are continually in our prayers. angie |
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| June 26, 2008 |
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| Praying for ya!!!!!! |
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| June 29, 2008 |
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| Praying |
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| June 30, 2008 |
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| I just want you to know I am praying for you. |
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| July 04, 2008 |
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Every time I look at this blog, I am awed by the fact that less than 12 hours from the post time of this blog, I was almost called home by an Acute Ischemic Stroke. This certainly was no coincidence. Many of the events in my life are considered coincidences to many; but I know better. We can step back and look over that diagnosis and see God's Hands clearly at work. I blogged about that in the blog titled "You Almost Lost PastorDATM" which was written as soon as I had the strength to. While I would never try to speed up the process of going Home because of the consequences of fouling up what plans God still has for me, I remain at peace in knowing that my life is coming to an end. With that said, our awesome God is a miracle working God and I accept the fact that I am already healed by what Jesus suffered as He fulfilled the various prophecies as His life, as we know it, came to a close. 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. Yes, I am healed and one day, I will be in His presence through all eternity. God bless you all! Dave |
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