just wanted to let you kow that my knee surgery went well. I had a terrible experience in the hospital but I am home and that is all that matters now. Our church family has really started to show their good sides! I have had so many calls, visitors and cards. To be honest I have gone this whole past year wondering what I ever did to them. But one of our dear ladies decided to tell me all they had endured (her words) with the previous pastor's wife. I did my best to defend her but if all I heard was true I can now completely understand why the ladies have been so stand offish and right down rude to me. I also did my best to let her know that I do not approve of gossip and she told me she had been praying for sometime about how to share with out it being gossip. It was a good conversation and we ended it with prayer for healing of bitterness, and other things. I also reminded her numerous times that we are not perfect and that to expect any one to be perfect in an imperfect world was just unfair. SO I am now home mending the best I can. I can tell you this, this is such a humblig experience. I am a very independant person and now I am dependant on my DH to help me take a shower, get to the bedside commode, ect... not including the fact that I have 4 kids that are desperate for my attention. Thankfully my parents have been here this week but they will leave Sunday am. Please pray for my DH, he not only has his pastoring duties, works a 2nd job and now has my duties as well as has to help take care of me as well. I will not be able to bear any weight on my knee for 6-8 weeks, I m using a walker and wheel chair to get around and my knee is in a nice straight brace...looks like a small basketball due to swelling! Pray for my DH and continued healing for my knee and emotional status as well. Being confined to bed (although I love my bed) is going to be really hard on me and the kids as well as DH. Thanks ladies! I know God has and is healing me! He has provided for the surgery as well has the home health nurse and physical therapy that will take place at home!!! YEA! God is so good!
Melissa
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Hi everyone! can anyone say boreed?? I am so bored! I love to get out and go places. Even if that is a quick stop at Wal Mart. I am not a shopper persay but I do like to get out and I have been stuck in my house for almost 3 weeks. UGH!!! Monday I will be going to the hospital for some tests. Please pray that I will have a neg result for bloodclots so that I can get off this nasty medicine. I believe it will be negative. I have been doing a lot of readingg and throughly enjoying Deanna's blog! She has some great teachings on what she has learned in 20 years of mariage. Just great stuff there! Plus God is really giving me a lot of ideas to reach our kids and hopefully reach more of them! SO that is cool! I am doing well. I am now free of staples and steri strips. Unfortunately I had a terrible rreaction to the glue and have small blisters around the incision. OUCH! The church ladies have really blessed us our family witth wonderful meals. unfortunatelyy i can not atttend services at our church due to no ramps. I am still stuck with the wheel chair orr walker but not allowed to use the walker outside the home yet.ice I can not walk on my leg it makes t difficult. I have enjoyed services via the internet from the church we were on staff at before coming here. That is so neat to fellowship via internet with friends from afar. Also my progress is slow because my quad muclse in my thigh is sluggish and I am not able to do some of the important exercises. Please pray that it strengthens quickly and wakes up. The sooner it wakes up the sooner I will be able to start more physical therapy and get back to my life as a pastors wife and cildrens pastor! This has been very difficult and I have another 4 weeks of no weight bearing and being stuck in my house pretty much. It is a blessed time of rest and but I am geting very sitir crazy! There is only so much I can handle laying in bed or sitting in a wheel chair! I know this season will end and I shouldnt rush it but it will be so wonderful to be able to take a normal shower and walk without assistance of a walker or crutches. God belss you guys today! melissa
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"How can I keep from Praising Your Name, How can I ever say enough, How amazing is Your Love!"
Father God, I pray for a quick, fully successful recovery. I ask that you also give her wisdom, discernment with the ladies. Help her to identify safe ones who will be a loyal friend. Keep your hand upon her and keep her from evil. Thank you for the love several are showing to her during this challenging time. Give she and her dh favor at this church to do a great work for your Glory. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Thank you so much for the prayer(s)! The prayer you lifted up for me TwoAsOne was right on the spot! Exactly what I need! Thank you! God bless everyone! I will let you know how I do tomorrow I am believing that I will get negative results!
Melissa
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"How can I keep from Praising Your Name, How can I ever say enough, How amazing is Your Love!"
Just want to thank everyone that prayed for me! I am clot free and no longer need to take the blood thinning meds. YEA! Our God is soo good! I have to share how God was moving way before today! My original apt was for 1 today. Last week I got a call saying it was at 11. So off we went and when we got there I was told my apt was not till1 but was being taken back anyway! I was in and out within 30 mins a miracle! As soon as we were leaving a winter storm started coming in. In 3 mins we had icy roads. Not only did we get home before it got dangerous to drive but we also got home in time to get our older boys from school. They got out early. Had we not been called (which by the way I believe it was an angel that called us- I was told to day only Doug calls to remind about apts, it was a girls voice that called me!) we would have been out in the worst of the storm this afternoon and our older boys (7 & 5) would have walked home to a locked house and no where to go to get warm! Thank you Jesus for forseeing the furture and taking care to watch over our family! He is so AWESOME!
Praising God today for many things! Melissa
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just want to thank all of you for your prayers! Yesterday I was finally able to do my most challenging physical exercise since surgery....I was able to do a straight leg raise. Today I was able to do the full ten reps of leg lifts and that is huge! It means that your prayers are working and I wont need the electrical stimulis. It means God is in charge of my healing and not the doctor or PT manipulating my knee to do what they want! Just how I like it! God in control! Thanks again for your prayers! God Bless you all today!! melissa
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Please pray our weather clears up! I am going to try to get to church this week! It has been a long 5 1/2 weeks since I was able to bein the church building and I need to be with my church family! I also need a break of my four house walls! THe weather and ice storms have been terrible here in S IL and therefore I have not been able to safely make it out of the house. I am doing well, my knee is healing well and I start major therapy starting next week. Please continue to pray I am having probelms with my opposite knee and back all due to the lack of mobility due to doctors orders. God is watching over me. Last week I had a terrible muscle cramping atack in both legs. Not sure why except I did a lot more than I should have during the day. I almost took the wrong meds at the wrong time and it could have been a very bad situation! But God was there with me and intervened! It t was a true intervention and I cant thank God for His constant guard over me! THanks for your prayers!
Melissa
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"How can I keep from Praising Your Name, How can I ever say enough, How amazing is Your Love!"
Thank you so much for the prayer(s)! The prayer you lifted up for me TwoAsOne was right on the spot! Exactly what I need! Thank you!
Just want to thank everyone that prayed for me! I am clot free and no longer need to take the blood thinning meds. YEA! Our God is soo good! I have to share how God was moving way before today! My original apt was for 1 today. Last week I got a call saying it was at 11. So off we went and when we got there I was told my apt was not till1 but was being taken back anyway!
