Well I just received notice we are for sure moving up to the 9th floor of the Trauma Surgery ICU. However as we all know there are very few things “for sure”. We will know for sure when we find ourselves there! As I shared on thestatus.com site we are in Transition for sure. This journey isn’t fun and it can be argued that it shouldn’t have happened but the reality is It Did and we ARE here. However we are so not alone in this journey. Yes God is first and foremostwith us all the way. Second of all you, our CPH family, Margaret and Jerry’s entire family and friends, the Soldotna Church of God Family and sooooooooomany more around the country are with us. However this hospital if full and I do mean full of so many families that don’t deserve to be here either. So let’s remember this Christmas that we are not alone. Don’t allow yourself to go down that alone road into a deep hole of self pity. No most of us here and there where you are didn’t do anything to deserve where we are it just IS!
Now with that off my celestial chest let’s focus our attention to the Christ of Christmas. The baby born in a stable so many years ago to a young mother that certainly didn’t deserve to have her child in a “Stable” and use a feed trough for a “cradle”. No it isn’t about what we deserve, it’s about where we are! We are here in one of the finest Trauma Hospitals in the country. I remember my father-in-law saying many times in church that he would rather be in church than the finest hospital in the world. Well I totally agree with him but the reality is we are here in one of the finest hospitals in the country. I can certainly tell you we would rather be in church this Sunday for sure. I hope you will be in church this Sunday. It really is a much better choice.
Pause: I think we are moving!
Yes, Praise the Lord we have been moved. We now on the 9th floor in the Trauma Surgery ICU. It is really an awesome place. In my opinionthis is where we should have been all along but the good news is that we are here. I am not sure how long we will be here and her nurse isn’t sure either. The Doctors will make the rounds in the morning and hopefully give us more information. This is a new unit and it is very nice. The staff here seem more attentive and concerned as well. The journey is long and there is still much of it ahead but with our trust in God and the staff here we are going forward together.
My friend Frank encouraged us to keep our eyes on the “light at the end of the tunnel”. I believe that Light is Jesus Christ. Yes the baby in the manger so long ago. He is our strength, our healer, our hope, our peace in the midst of the storms of life, as well as our God. I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Thanks to all of you for your comments and emails to Jerry and Margaret and me. They really are an encouragement to us during the journey.
Thanks for reading and listening to me rant on and on,
Pastor Alan
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