Day 240 Santa Came to my House

What an awesome day I had yesterday.  My long long long time best friend Darlene came to visit loaded down with birthday and Christmas presents.  Woo hoo.........  Then she took me to lunch which was a first in quite a while.  No naps yesterday but I did sleep until 8:30 this morning which is pretty late for me.

Inevitably our conversation yesterday went to the tragedy in Newtown.  We turned on the tv and got the latest updates.  What good can come of this?  At first it appears that no good at all can result in the deaths of these precious children and women.  But as Darlene and I talked we discussed how much God's name was being used and not in a profane way for a change.  People who probably had not said a prayer for years were moved to pray for these families.  Newspeople who only used the word God in their show to talk about taking prayer out of school or moving nativity scenes off courthouse lawns were suddenly speaking of God and their faith and their religion in an entirely different way. 

Last night before Monday Night Football (yes, I'm a football fanatic) one of the speakers addressed a tweet sent out by Tim Tebow.  For not the first time did they actually read the scripture on air but quoted the chapter, book and verse.

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."
Psalm 147:3

The parents of these children are speaking out for no hatred, that it's okay to be angry but not to hate.
What an incredible lesson for us to see their strength, love and understanding break through the veil of horror that has befallen them. 

Precious Lord, Jehovah Rapha,
Thank You for the precious lives of those lost in Newtown and for the lessons You have allowed us to learn from them.  Thank You for the strength of the families to come out and speak love and not hate.  What a great example of Your compassion they are as they honor the ones that were lost.
Father, I ask Your healing mercies for friend Frank who starts radiation treatments tomorrow to shrink the tumor he is fighting.  Touch him and shrink the tumor into nothingness, never to return.
I ask Your blessings on all the warriors fighting cancer today.  Bless them with the strength to overcome this dreaded enemy so completely that the word cancer becomes obsolete.
These things I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, the one true Messiah.
Amen