A Few Prayers for Texas Cowboy!!

The Horse's Mouth | 08-Apr-05 | Tom Eaker

[Eaker]

Prayers for TexasCowboy!

TexasCowboy has been using his hip injury as an excuse to prevent his friends from shooting his new riot gun.

Well some of us offered to take a look at it for him and he decided both a proffesional and sober opinion might make more sense.

So he found a coupon and now he is going to let some old saw-bones cut on him.

Probably a better idea than letting us do it, but a few folks feelings are still hurt!

Please all say a prayer for our Cowboy that he is back in the saddle again real soon.

[streetpreacher]

Hi Dubya; hope you didn't mind my taking liberty with your post like that. It just seemed so natural to do. I certainly don't want to take anything away from our Marines.

[LadyX]

Afraid it is 0100 here, and I need to go to bed.
Thanks to you for an -- entertaining - yeah - that's it! - night..:))

[LadyX]

Goin' ta beddy-bye -- remmemerin' --lol

[SierraWasp]

Nitey nite you great American Marine Woman!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Good night, you two!!!

[ValerieUSA]

[Brad’s Gramma]

Awesome! Same colors and all!!!

God sure knew what He was doing, didn't He? :)

[Brad’s Gramma]

Click on Maxine!


(hehe)

[radu]

The radiation sores feel much better. The buttock that was almost black is now grey, and we don't see any more sores trying to break through.

WOOHOO! Getting good news like this really makes the holiday weekend brighter!
Prayers continue. We've seen their power here before, haven't we? :-)

Big ((((BEAR HUGZ)))) sent your way from Tennessee!

[stockpirate]

I ahven't had the pleasure to meet the Cowboy but here are my prays for his recovery.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

It's good to hear from you TC!

Thanks for the update!

Prayers continue everyday for your healing!

[SheLion]

[The Mayor]

God Bless you my FRiend

May 29, 2005

Touching Bottom

Read:
Revelation 1:10-18

Jesus . . . has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. -2 Timothy 1:10

Bible In One Year: Psalm 145-147

Crowds gathered each week to hear the soul-stirring sermons of Joseph Parker, the famous pastor of London's City Temple in the late 19th century. Then a crisis hit him hard. His wife died after an agonizing illness. Parker later said he would not have allowed a dog to suffer as she did. A heartbroken husband whose prayers had gone unanswered, he confessed publicly that for a week he had even denied that God existed.

But Parker's loss of faith was only temporary. From that experience he gained a stronger personal trust in Jesus' death-destroying resurrection and began to testify: "I have touched the bottom, and it is sound."

Listen to this exclamation of triumph from the risen Christ as He proclaims His victory over the grave: "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore" (Revelation 1:17-18).

Death is our most venomous enemy, robbing us of joy and hope-unless the triumph of Christ's resurrection reverberates in our heart. As we believe in the mighty Victor over death, doubt is banished and light drives away the darkness.

Hold fast to that triumphant trust as you struggle through life's worst crises. -Vernon Grounds

Some through the waters, some through the flood,
Some through the fire, but all through the blood;
Some through great sorrow, but God gives a song
In the night season and all the day long. -Young

Because of Christ's empty tomb, we can be full of hope.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Did Christ Really Rise From The Dead?

[SandRat]

Glad to hear you're doing better TC. Keep fighting and never quit. First off you're a Texan so you can't quit, second you're a God fearing man, so you can't quit, and if I recall correctly a Marine so you can't quit. With all that going for you you just gotta win.

[LadyX]

Oh, Rus, how wonderful of you to post this on TC's thread!
Not fully awake, going to bed at 0130, dallying here with some friends, I read this day's Feast from The Table and thought, "Oh ! I have to put this on TC's prayer thread..:))"

A sip of coffee later, it registered it IS that thread I opened first,
before The Finest of FR, where you always post The Daily Bread...LOL

""I have touched the bottom, and it is sound.""
Four years ago TC and I had many discussions about life and its ups and downs, and we concluded we were on the same page -- no matter what the storms bring, we are "in the boat" - as were the disciples - with a Christ who transcends all adversity and brings us True Life!!

Awesome knowledge and assuredness it is.

In December 1985, a kidney biopsy revealed I had a condition that at the time carried a 'certain' prognosis of perhaps one year - and as my regular physician told my husband, "And from what I know of Margaret and see, expect to bury her in 4-5 months..."

He of course didn't count on my being a stubborn Irish-German-Scottish-English-French MARINE woman..:))

I had interrupted the nephrologist when he was giving the diagnosis to say I knew what he was going to say - he could only hold my hand while I went down the tubes - but I knew The Great Physician, and Whose Timetable it is, and rested in that - and we went directly from there to celebrate that with dinner out.

Working at a major hospital in Greensboro NC, the grapevine within 48 hours picked up on this, and everyone was 'at the ready' to support me as I 'declined' and became depressed.
The Lord had me cheerfully trekking the halls for another 9 years (already 6 there) "in their face" before I was sidelined for multiple things, to let the professionals know He was in charge of my case..:))

Three weeks before the biopsy, in a most dramatic way when the evil one tried to snuff me out while I was in the act of praising The Lord, the Holy Spirit showed me His Power!!, and about it, He asked "Did you not notice I surrounded you with people who love you?" -- and "that I had removed from you the Spirit of Fear?"

With that foundation, nothing fazes me, believing He still had things for me to do for Him!
I knew He would never revoke that promise of always being there, and was not to worry.

Two years ago I finally embarked on the final stages of what always was "progressive and irreversible," and have related all this to many friends on The Finest.
God gives me acceptance and serenity, and I know He will be with me every step of the way, giving strength if mine should waver...

This is a major reason why TC and I are good friends, sharing this kind of faith, knowing what lies ahead IS TRUE LIFE!!
In the mix is our commonlity in the Marine Corps experience, equipping us at an early age for all adversity. It serves us well at this stage, letting us march to the edge of the cliff with absolute aplomb, knowing we will not fall over the edge, but soar above it!!

We can look at our now rather flawed and unsightly "bodies" and laugh at the ploys of the evil one to deter us..:))
I in 1985 fully realized what Paul was saying when he described his imperfect body and essentially said it was just a mere 'shell' housing his soul!!
Our 'bodies' will be shed just like a snake sheds its skin and continues on...

Equipped with that, TC and I can laugh and take all the indignities in stride.
As I posted earlier to him, we march to a distant special "Drill Instructor," His cadence carrying us FORWARD in absolute faith.

TC and I have never met face to face, he in Texas, and me in South Carolina, but we have seen His Glory together; and keep marching forward, holding hands across the continent.

With you all the way, TC, and whichever of us gets There first will dangle one hand over the edge 'At The Ready' to hoist the piker up..:))

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~ LadyX

[blackie]

Amen TexasCowboy ~ God Be With You!

[LadyX]

One more thing --

[amom]

Thanks so very much for the ping Tonk.

TC prayers continue. Your update is good news and great to 'hear'. I'm with you all the way.

[Dubya]

No I don't mind at all. Its very creative. Have you considered copy righting it?