Thank you friends & colleagues!

THANK YOU!

I want to thank you very much for being such a great friend and colleague to Julie over the years. Your cards, calls, meals & visits (as well as notes from the students) have been powerful medicine for her. I know she was deeply touched by you at her wonderful retirement party. I almost lost it when Colby & Trey performed “You had a Bad Day,” but I couldn’t stop grinning when the ensemble did their rendition of “Dancing on the Roof Top.” So, here is a short story that best conveys how I feel about you being there for Julie.

When Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. ²So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. ³Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. ⁴Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. ⁵When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
⁶Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, ⁷"Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
⁸Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? ⁹Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? ¹⁰But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He said to the paralytic, ¹¹"I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." ¹²He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!" Mark 2: 1-12

You have been like these four who brought their stricken friend to Jesus. Your prayers to the Lord totally lift Julie up and she is supported by your faith that God will see her through. This is evident because cancer has never been able to stop her from loving other’s well. She said that God’s love keeps her from being consumed by this illness or its treatment.

Again, thank you for your love & prayers!
Love, Greg