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Monday,
January 2, 2023
"I
Still Have
Hope!"
Daily
Encouragement Readers:
Last Friday we indicated
that Stephen was
experiencing some bodily
weakness and discomfort
related to a childhood
sports injury. The hernia
related to that injury has
been repaired several times
but he felt that was the
source of affliction once
again. For about a week he
was dealing with this matter
but carrying on as usual so
those he was around would
not have known of his
problems. Though Ester and I
pleaded with him to go to ER
he is a "stubborn man" (any
others of you out there like that?) and
kept waiting for it go
away.
Determined to
teach his Sunday School
class on New Years Day he
promised we would go to
the hospital from church.
And we did!
The nurses knew
immediately that he had an
infection due to the warm
touch and reddened color
of his abdomen. Right away
he got a cat scan which
confirmed he had an
infectious abscess. Turns
out the mesh from his
hernia repair in 2009 got
infected and must be
removed. Tubes were
inserted this morning to
drain the abscess but
surgery is required to
clean up the bacterial
damage. The current plan
is for Dr. Paul to operate
at 9:30 am tomorrow
morning. Recovery will
take a while and he will
be in the hospital here in
Hershey till the weekend
(unless the Lord
intervenes and his stay is
shorter than expected).
Ester and I got
pretty frustrated that we
couldn't get Stephen to go
the doctor earlier in the
week, but in hindsight his
insistence on keeping his
commitment to teach Sunday
School on was spot
on for the difficult
medical journey that he
was about to take only one
hour after he taught on
New Years Day. In fact he
said at one point during
the lesson, "You can't
choose your problems, nor
can you schedule them." He
based that truism on his
own most difficult 14
month trial back in
2002-2003. Little did he
know he would enter into
those tested waters again
only an hour after
speaking about it. But God
knew and God was preparing
his heart by reminding him
that we can trust Him
fully for all that comes
our way. He quoted the
lyrics from "Like a River
Glorious" by Frances
Havergal which we share
with you today:
"Every joy or
trial falleth from above,
Traced upon our
dial by the Sun of love;
We may trust Him
fully, all for us to do;
They who trust
Him wholly find Him wholly
true."
Lamentations
3:21-23 is the
passage we
shared on
Friday and we
will repeat it
today as it is
Stephen's
theme verse
for 2023:
"This I call
to mind;
therefore I
have hope. The
steadfast love
of the Lord
never ceases;
His mercies
never come to
an end. They
are new every
morning. Great
is Your
faithfulness."
Stephen
and Brooksyne
Weber
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