I Ran Yesterday~

Dearest DEVO readers,

Did I think I could go through life without ever having to actually practice what I preach?  NOPE, and yesterday was one of those days where I ran to the Fortified Tower!

At 11:32 AM Mrs. Urgell, A.K.A. Rayray, call me and calmly says she is in the hospital.  I take a deep breath and remind myself that if I get hysterical, then she will get hysterical. 

“Are you ok? What happened?”

“I almost fainted and had really sharp stomach pains.”

“How are you feeling now?”

“They gave me some strong medicine, and I feel better.”

“Did they do blood work?”

“Yes, and everything is fine.  They have ruled out appendicitis, and I am going in for a sonogram soon.”

“Ok.  I am on my way.”

I hung up the phone, and before you can say, “Hot dog and a cornbread,” I was in God’s holy presence asking for wisdom, healing, and peace.”

How do I know prayer works?  The answer is simple:  God responded to me, and I was as calm as calm could be.  

I texted a few folks to say a prayer for us, and headed off to the emergency room.  Long story short she had a little ovarian cyst that decided to have a fireworks display in her belly.  The pain can be really rough, but God bless her, Rayray has always seen fit to avail herself of all the fine emergency services our great community provides, and she rode first class, via ambulance, all the way to the hospital where they immediately treated her.  By the time I saw her the worst had passed, and the first thing she said to me was, “Please do not take any pictures,” which was a shame because she looked so pretty in her green gown.  Then I turned to her hubby, a man whose marriage has made me very happy, and encouraged him to regularly put his hands on his beautiful wife and pray for a blessing over her body, and because he is used to me being a little pushy he smiled and assured me he would!  Rayray was released shortly thereafter, and Jorge and I hung out at their house for a few hours just to sort of nonchalantly supervise.   

Will you all join me in saying AMEN?  Take it from me.  God is ready to answer when we run to Him.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Thank You that You provide soothing for our souls.  There is nothing that catches You by surprise.  You are always ready to dispense whatever we need to deal with life.  Blessed be Your name, in Jesus we pray, AMEN~

…next week we will continue to talk about a Joseph J