I LOVE THIS MAN

No one falls in love by choice, it is by CHANCE.

No one stays in love by chance, it is by WORK.

And no one falls out of love by chance, it is by CHOICE

Matthew 10:32 'Whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. But whoever disowns Me before men, I will disown him before My Father in heaven.

Peggy Webber...Memphis, MO

From Renee "Ross" Vetter....
I wanted to tell you about my friend Peggy Webber. I think you will remember her - Dick Webber's wife. He was a circuit judge when you knew him. Now he is a Federal judge in St.Louis. Peggy is 60 and just retired from teaching last year. She had breast cancer a couple years ago and now it is back and in her spine and other bones. She is really a fighter and never gives up. She has so much faith and feels with God's help she will beat this. She just did the Komen walk in STL and is planning to do the triathlon in Denver for the same cause.

Her web site link is below...if you have time to read a little.

Her daughters were very small when you visited Memphis. Erin is now an attorney in Denver and Nicki has her doctorate in sport's psychology. She was quite the athlete at Mizzou and this year was invited to speak at the year end Sport's banquet. She also gave the address at graduation at Memphis High School this year. Dick's folks have passed away so Dick and Peggy get to Memphis some to his folks' farm.

www.caringbridge.org/visit/peggywebber

Sarah Gracely's MS battle

You all have been praying for Sarah Gracely, my friend Dawn's 15 yr old daughter who was dx with MS....here's her latest update. KEEP PRAYING!!!

dbgracely@aol.com <dbgracely@aol.com>
Hi Sylvia!
Guess what! We took Sarah down to Philly yesterday for a checkup and she did great! The dr. was very happy. Her balance is back to normal and her one eye isn't delayed. It was such a great report and a great feeling! Of course she had her two friends with her in the room and she asked about sharing a soda (which she believes causes her to get sick and she turned into such a germaphobic) and he told her to stop being paranoid and share so long as they are not sick at the time. Her friends were laughing!

She doesn't have to go back until late November and we will have an MRI done at that time.

Thanks for all of your help and support!How's Meghan doing?Love,Dawn

Cathy Comly

Margaret Luette <MLuette@bcidaho.com>
good morning Syl,
i have a couple of prayer requests this morning. My dear friend Cathy Comly emailed me this morning to ask if we would all pray for her father in law . He just found out that he has metastic cancer in the lungs, lymph nodes and liver. Also, Cathy's daughter Ashley, the marine, just left for Iraq this morning to finish her tour. Please keep her, her unit, and her family in your prayers. Thanks, Marge

Mario Spagnolette

Karen S. Poshefko <poshefko@ptd.net>
Hi All,

My dad's surgery went very well. His neurosurgeon, Dr. Lee, is reported to be the best in the Valley and is also an avid fly fisherman! All of this gave my dad a lot of confidence going into the procedure. Dr. Lee said they were monitoring my dad's spinal functions during the procedure and that the electrical impulses have returned to his hands. Yeay! Dr. Lee said my dad will be back fly fishing in a month.

My dad does have some difficult days ahead. We had a little setback the night before the surgery, as he suffered hallucinations from one, or a combination of drugs. This is not surprising, as he has been on TONS of pain killers and muscle relaxers over the past week to relieve his intense pain. They added a steroid a couple of days ago to relieve the inflamation around his spinal cord. He also had Ambien to help him sleep. His glucose level is up due to the steroids, which he is very concerned about. My dad has been a "pre-diabetic" for about 25 years and has been controlling his condition with a strict diet. Up to this time, he's been on no medication and doesn't even like to take aspirin. This is quite amazing for a 78-year-old! We keep telling him all these meds are temporary, but necessary.

Dr. Lee expects my dad will go to Good Shephard for a few days of rehab. We'll see how things go over the next couple of days.

THANKS to all of you for your prayers, and offers of food and rides to hospital. We really appreciate it!!

I'll be in touch.
Love,
Karen

Caitlyn "CAT" Breast Cancer SURVIVOR

Dear PGPG:

Here's a the brief...Caitlyn has just had surgery to remove a lump (and half her breast). She has completed chemo and is a survivor. However, as Peg "S" can relate, her mom survived breast cancer, had it in remission for over 20 years...and it came back.

That said...reality is this...prayer, and faith brings results. Please pray for Caitlyn...the Cat.

Cancer Strikes DEAR Friend Peg "S"

Dear PGPG,

My sister, Sherry, has just learned that her longtime, great, close friend, Peg "S" has been diagnosed with Stage III lung cancer.

Peg has a great family. She has a 19 year-old daughter in University (i.e. Ole Miss...you folks from Penn State don't be holding that against her ;-)

Peg has given her life to working for charity...that has been her "job".

Just this April, Peg and her twin sister, and elder sister lost their mom to cancer. They each stayed each night this year with her mom in hospice so her mom would not be alone when the time came.

Peg has never smoked.

She had a little pain in December...figured it was from a recent automobile accident and thought nothing of it. Now, months later she learns this challenge she must face.

She and her family need our prayers.

So how about it...send me a prayer for Peg...but first say one Hail to our Mother Mary for all of us that we have the strength to share and lift Peg up.

with Love
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To Forgive?

One day a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the woods. As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were not right. He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a job. His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him. He remembered family that had passed on. His mind turned to the illness he had that no one could cure. His very soul was filled with anger, resentment and frustration.

Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing all else had failed him, he knelt at the base of an old oak tree to seek the One he knew would always be there. And with tears in his eyes, he prayed:

"Lord- You have done wonderful things for me in this life. You have told me to do many things for you, and I happily obeyed. Today, you have told me to forgive. I am sad, Lord, because I cannot. I don't know how. It is not fair Lord. I didn't deserve these wrongs that were done against me and I shouldn't have to forgive. As perfect as Your way is Lord, this one thing I cannot do, for I don't know how to
forgive. My anger is so deep Lord, I fear I may not hear You, but I pray that You teach me to do this one thing I cannot do - Teach me To Forgive."

As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, he felt something fall onto his shoulder. He opened his eyes. Out of the corner of one eye, he saw something red on his shirt. He could not turn to see what it was because where the oak tree
had been was a large square piece of wood in the ground. He raised his head and saw two feet held to the wood with a large spike through them.

He raised his head more, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus hanging on a cross. He saw spikes in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and battered body, deep thorns sunk into His head. Finally he saw the suffering and pain on His precious face. As their eyes met, the man's tears turned to sobbing, and Jesus began to speak.

"Have you ever told a lie?" He asked?

The man answered - "yes, Lord."

"Have you ever been given too much change and kept it?"

The man answered - “yes. Lord." And the man sobbed more and more.

"Have you ever taken something from work that wasn't yours?" Jesus asked?

And the man answered - "yes, Lord."

"Have you ever sworn, using my Father's name in vain? "

The man, crying now, answered - "yes, Lord."

As Jesus asked many more times, "Have you ever"?

The man's crying became uncontrollable, for he could only answer - "yes, Lord."

Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other, and the man felt something fall on his other shoulder. He looked and saw that it was the blood of Jesus. When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus, and there was a look of love the man had never seen or known before.

Jesus said, "I didn't deserve this either, but I forgive you."