Thoughts for Today

THURSDAY! Good morning to all! Great day,, for God is Good! and He has blessed me, in so many ways, I will never be able to thank Him enough,, but you know what? HE does not look for a thank you,, just a "I love You, God, and Your Son Jesus'! Is He not the best thing in your life? If that answer is not a YES,, then you need to bow your head,, and talk to Him!!!! Prayer Request: For Cindy Siebert, who is a 20-year-old student at Gallaudet University in D.C. She is deaf and has had major kidney problems since birth. As of today, both kidneys have shut down. She is at Washington Hospital Center and will be on dialysis starting tomorrow. She is now on the kidney transplant list for both kidneys. Please remember her in your prayers!!! For Miracle Millie's friend Joe's family. Joe died yesterday at 11:15. Pray for his family during this hard difficult time. We just don't know if he ever accepted the Lord, but we do know that he knew the way. Please pray for the family!!! FROM THAT LITTLE WHITE HAIRED COUNTRY BOY! Seventy two years ago, Samuel Mahlon and Lilla Hicks gave birth to a little boy... moved to an unpainted farm house out in the country of Vinemont Alabama, Flint Creek Community. This house had no indoor plumbing, no central heat, one overhead light bulb in each room(5), two outlets, one in the living room, one in the kitchen,, and when the wind blew ,, so did the curtains,, BUT, when it rained, we were dry, when it was cold, we gathered around the coal stove burning red hot and warm...we had food,, clothes, and MOST of all we had the love of a GOD SAVED CHRISTIAN FATHER AND MOTHER,,, AND GOD RAN RAPID IN THIS HOUSE! Even out in the country.. with no car, just a one horse wagon, and a mule to pull it, for our transportation,,, we walked most of the time,,, and thank God we had a church close by so we could walk,, and everytime the doors of our church opened, these parents had all the family in that church! What a great way for this little baby to start his life !!!! Well , that little boy grew, and he ran and he played, and then he was grown, & off to the Military,, then married, and had children,, and the little white haired boy, hair turned to almost black, then turn "loose"(Ha)... is still not running , but stumbling as best as can,, but remembers his teaching from that Father , and that Mother,,of God, and His love, and of His Son, Jesus,,,, and you know the raising and the belief, and the acceptance of that LOVE OF GOD, AND SON... never left that LITTLE WHITE HARED COUNTRY BOY,,, THANKS TO A GODLY MOTHER AND FATHER!!!! God , thank You for the years.. and to be able to be in a free country to worship you out in the open, and freely... and for all of those in this great nation to do the same. amen John HIcks