Sunday, December 23, 2007
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In Case You Missed It...
Some of the more important and popular posts (from December 2007):
In and Out of the Fire: A basic timeline of TJ's entire stay in the hospital.
The Rest of The Story: A more detailed summary of how TJ got into the ICU in the first place, along with some of the bumps along the way.
An Attempt At A Word Picture: What it's like to be in the ICU.
Powerful Times: A bigger picture of the blog, the stay in the ICU, and TJ's comments on it before he knew what was going to happen.
Genesis of a Blog: Why this got started, and why it blesses us.
What Are the Vitals?: An explanation of the vital signs we track and why they are important.
In and Out of the Fire: A basic timeline of TJ's entire stay in the hospital.
The Rest of The Story: A more detailed summary of how TJ got into the ICU in the first place, along with some of the bumps along the way.
An Attempt At A Word Picture: What it's like to be in the ICU.
Powerful Times: A bigger picture of the blog, the stay in the ICU, and TJ's comments on it before he knew what was going to happen.
Genesis of a Blog: Why this got started, and why it blesses us.
What Are the Vitals?: An explanation of the vital signs we track and why they are important.
Sourcing Wikipedia
I'm sure that some of you have noticed that we link to Wikipedia quite a bit. There is a good reason for this, Wikipedia usually has the most complete information regarding whatever we are referencing. It generally pulls together many other sources that are considered "reputable" which are at the bibliography at the bottom.
So we do check out the article first and its sources, and it is usually pretty good. (If it's not we link to somewhere else.)
So we do check out the article first and its sources, and it is usually pretty good. (If it's not we link to somewhere else.)
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2 comments:
Dear Mary Ann and Family,
We are just going into the Christmas Sunday evening service. We will have special prayer tonight for TJ. Just know your husband and father is lifted up to the Father continually around the clock, around the world. We are believing God for His mighty miracle. Love you all,
Pastor Rich Carlson, Supt. IWD
A friend sent this to me today and it seemed so appropriate. You are in the heat of the fire but you are all being refined as silver. Christ is being reflected in each one of you.
Sharon Harten
Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God.
One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.
That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver.
As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined.
The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"
He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it"
If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.
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