Covid Likely Saved Her Life!

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16

 

Today we are leaving our son’s home and driving to visit our former Kentucky Pastor Rick’s widow, Linda who moved to Alabama recently. Some of you have met her. She came to surprise me for my 50th birthday and joined us at Group a couple years back. She’s been the best friend of my life. After her husband battled liver cancer for 3 short years, there was little room for her to grieve his death because she was constantly comforting others. Just 18 months later the pandemic hit and she did everything she could to avoid it. Covid was extra complicated for her and she developed pneumonia and blood clots. It was frustrating to have an extended recovery, but, it turned out that catching Covid very likely saved her life. Praise God! Learn more of the story below.

 

You can READ the story here. Or watch videos HERE and/or HERE.

 

It’s been a great blessing to have a short visit with our son, his wife and our granddaughter, Margo Rey. She turned 3 and is such a sweet heart. She’s “Poppa’s gurl”. It’s the first birthday we’ve been able to spend with her. Please pray with us as we travel back to Houston tomorrow (it’ll be more than 10 hours of driving). We’ll be driving as Chris is blessed to bring back his dad’s car. It’ll be a daily reminder of the grief that is yet to be journeyed through from losing his dad at the end of March. We were able to spend 24 hours with Chris’ brother, Tim and his wife as they stayed in town and went to church with us Sunday. We are beyond blessed at the life God has called us to with LIFT in Texas and yet we will feel sadness as we leave Kentucky again. Such a grand mixture of feelings. 

 

“Why love, if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore: only the life I have lived. Twice in that life I’ve been given the choice: as a boy and as a man. The boy chose safety, the man chooses suffering. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That’s the deal... 

It is because God loves us that he makes us the gift of suffering. Pain is God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world. You see, we are like blocks of stone out of which the sculptor carves the forms of men. The blows of his chisel, which hurt us so much, are what make us perfect.” From Shadowlands about C.S. Lewis

 

*Taken from LIFT weekly email.