Well Wishes

Dear Irene,

We are so saddened to hear of all you are having to withstand, yet gladdened by your assurance that God is standing with you in all of it.  Your courage in this trial is also your ministry to us.  Our love and prayers, Walt and Dee.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, Who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

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Dave:

Charles Spurgeon once said, “The Lord’s mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction.:

I pray this will be the case for you and Irene.  You are certainly in the furnace of affliction.  We’re praying for you both.  Praying for mercy.

Reed Jolley

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Dave, Irene, Jocelyn and JoAnna:

Five years ago we were privileged to have JoAnna sing at our wedding.  Just last summer JoAnna gave her senior recital and ended her concert with the same song she sang at our wedding.  The arrangement / melody JoAnna uses for this song is so very beautiful.  The words are moving, inspiring, powerful!

Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee;
Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.

Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee;
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.

Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise;
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

I continue to praise God for making us His children and letting us be used of Him.

To God be all the glory,
Marsha

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