Two steps back

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Sean

21 June 2010 11 a.m.

Dear all,

As you know, Steve developed an infection in his lungs which caused his temperature to spike. The neurosurgeon has therefore postponed his surgery for 48 hours.

During our visits today we will therefore refrain from stimulating him too much and will simply pray over him quietly and hold his hand. His temperature has come down some due to the medication they are giving.

Please pray that the antibiotics would do their job and heal the infection. Please pray that the Lord would continue to strengthen and prepare his body for surgery. Please pray for his doctors and nurses, that they would have wisdom during his care.

I am surprisingly able to handle this news. The nurse says this is typical in a case like Steve’s. The process will be one step forward and two steps back. Today and tomorrow are our two steps back.

Steve is heavily sedated and looks peaceful. We are leaning heavily into the Mighty Arms.

Love, Michelle

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  • Rainier

    God is in control. Amen.

  • Noemi Laguna

    With His mighty hands Pastor Steve will be healed.Amen

  • Riezl

    Job 5:19 “From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you…

    we are alongside you, witnessing God’s mighty power even in our two steps back.

    riezl and anne

  • Marilyn Pascual

    “You may not be able to see how God is at work even now to bring deliverance, but God is always hearing the cries of His children. God is always at work to bring deliverance to the righteous so that ultimately God can be glorified. ”
    “Call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you and you will glorify me” (Psalm 50:15).
    This is from my QT reading this morning (from Nancy Leigh de Moss), and our fervent prayer as a family, is for our Sovereign God to use Pastor Steve and Miche as living and powerful testimonies of His goodness, mercy, and love amidst the uncertainties, and cause unbelieving hearts to see Jesus , and therefore believe.

    “Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud and He shall hear my voice.”

    1 John 5:14-15
    This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of him.