2.4.12

If I WERE PREACHING Sunday, I would preach on John 3:16, and here`s the reason why. Denver quarterback Tim Tebow is known for printing that scripture reference in white on the eyeblack under his eyes when playing a football game. The reference is easily read when the television cameras focus on his face. During the Denver/Pittsburgh football game that was a topic of the TV commentary (even though he didn`t have that reference for that Sunday). These numbers also came up in Tebow`s game statistics: Tebow completed 10 passes for 316 yards, 31.6 average gained per pass; Pittsburgh`s time of possession with the football was 31 minutes 6 seconds; the overtime drew a 31.6 television rating. All of this is a pretty amazing and precise series of "coincidences".

   THE NEXT DAY "John 3:16" was the #1 search request on Google! The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association placed an ad for their website on Google and reported that 8000 people who had searched for John 3:16 had also clicked on their website, Peace with God.net, and by the end of the week, 150 persons had made the decision to accept Christ as Savior and Lord! So if I were preaching this Sunday, I would preach on John 3:16.

   WHEN I WENT to the doctor last Tuesday, my white blood count was so low the Dr. Denham put me in Baylor Hospital. After 3 days of IVs and shots, the count was raised enough to go home Thursday afternoon, and I was feeling much better. I am scheduled to have another round of chemotherapy this Tuesday. I will have 2 chemos by IV infusion, and then I will have the third over a 46-hour period with a portable pump which I will take through the port in my chest. The pump is about the size and weight of a brick, and I must wear it all the time while I`m home.

   THANK YOU for your prayers during these days. (By the way, I think I am strong enough to preach a little, if anyone needs a pulpit supply or Bible study preacher.) God has been hearing and answering your prayers in our behalf. I am so grateful for our wonderful family and sweet friends! Betty has been up all night with me a few times, and I never spend a night alone in the hospital or make a doctor`s visit without family members being with me. God has blessed us with a wonderful family!!