Steve Update

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The surgery went well. Long, exhausting, hard on the remaining parts of the body but it went as well as such things can possibly go.

Please continue praying for the man. He needs it.

I am so proud of this audience for your messages of support and prayer. I literally heard from people from coast to coast – California to North Carolina on that axis and Minnesota to Florida on the other. I have a great audience here and my readers rock the joint.

Again, blessings and thanks for praying so hard for Steve. More updates as I learn more.

Essay from Faith 900 Contest – Third Prize

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I recently was blessed to finish in Third Place in an essay contest. The contest was sponsored by Faith 900 radio. I’ve attached the text below the fold for my subscribers who don’t get the links on their mobile devices.

My thanks to Delores for the initial link to the contest, and to the fine folks at Faith 900 who selected my entry. And, to my father, whom I miss to this day.

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Yes, Spring.

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I felt the need to provide photographic proof that Spring has sprung in Minnesota. This does not mean that the giant piles of snow in some of the storage areas in Minnesota have melted. Nor does it mean that it was not just 4 degrees above freezing when I left work last weekend. It does mean that there is some vague hope of Summer eventually arriving.

Proof that the snow might leave.

Are you hoping for Summer in your area? Does Winter never end? Am I desparate to see my lawnmower?

[I wrote this weeks ago and forgot to post it. Perhaps the throbbing knee was a factor?]

I love posting on other people’s blogs

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Because I can link to it here and save myself a day’s writing. Please head over to Carol G. Stratton’s excellent blog – www.changingzipcodes.com and read the post from a day or two ago.

If you are a Christian blogger who would like to exchange posts, just let me know via email: joseph @ commotioninthepews.com and we can work something out.

Thank you, Carol, for hosting my tale of changes with my dog Stormy. I’ve reproduced the post below the fold for my subscribers who may not otherwise get the link.

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Quick request – Prayers for Steve at full intensity next few hours.

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I talked to Steve before he left his hospital room this morning. Brave approach to losing his foot. We really need to turn up the prayers now, critical next few hours of surgery and recovery.

Please, Lord, Bless my friend Steven. He is in need of healing and love and I humbly ask that you strengthen his system to fight this infection and give him the wisdom and toughness to take his new circumstances as easily as possibly. Lord, please comfort his wife Holly as well. It is never easy for us humans to see our mates in pain and she’s been through a lot this year. I ask this in the name of your Son, Jesus of Nazareth.

Full volume folks, take a moment right now. He does listen!

(Many thanks to all of you who are already praying. I know from the phone calls and emails that it is a coast-to-coast effort.)