Wednesday, April 23, 2003
It is official! We will minister at Countryside Christian Fellowship! The vote was 98.3% in favor--62 votes cast; 61 in favor, one against. We'll begin sometime the first part of May. I am struggling with exactly when to begin--May 11th or 18th. The church and Karon want me to begin ASAP! -- Like May 11th at the latest. But I have set a goal that I want to reach before beginning to minister at Countryside. It is a personal goal I have shared only with God and my Prayer Partner. By May 11th I would almost have reached it--would be able to reach it before May 18th. But to wait until May 18th means I would have to make some awkward explanations that at this point I am not willing to make. My Prayer Partner, Joel, said he would preach on May 11th. So I don't have that as an excuse! So I struggle and pray that God will show me the way or make a way in this matter. Or maybe I should pray that I would wake up and recognize the way He has already made!!
In the meantime, satan continues to engage me in spiritual warfare--mostly working on me in the areas of purity and prayer life. I long for my prayer life to get back to where it was a couple of months ago. I pray, but not as intense or as easily as I once did. Satan seems to enter into my prayer times and I allow my mind to wander and I suffer from lack of concentration. If anyone reads this and wants to pray with me about this, go ahead! My Prayer Partner is praying for me about these areas and I can see battles won and victory is being achieved through the grace ad power of God--not through any of my effort. But I'm still on the journey!
May 12th -- the day of the "dreaded" colonoscopy -- draws closer! The day after the colonoscopy, a Treadmill Test to test the old heart, then I leave for Evansville, Indiana, that afternoon to work there the next day. But a lot will happen before that. May 6th, Karon has an MRI on her right knee that has been very painful and debilitating for some time. We'll learn from the doctor that same morning what the MRI reveals and the recommended course of treatment.
My Blog is not set up to receive comments like some are. But if anyone reads this (which I doubt!!) they can email me with comments at either jimdewing@yahoo.com or jewing@indy.rr.com. Any thoughts, comments, prayer requests, praises, etc., would be welcome, considered, and answered by me.
Gotta close this and head for bed. Good night all!!
Jim
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