The Ultimate Healing.

Been thinking a lot about our niece Melanie and her family. No big surprise considering the seriousness of the situation. As much as we all want to see her restored to health in this life, its a very real possibility that she will receive the "Ultimate Healing" from the Great Physician Himself. I have done a lot of thinking about the whole matter of healing recently. Any healing on this side of glory is only temporary. Think about the two examples where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and also the daughter of Jairus the ruler. Yes, they were miraculously healed not just from illness but from death itself. This healing was only temporary. They still had to grow old and go through death again for the second time. The ultimate healing takes place when we are in the presence of our Saviour at last. What a God we serve that has come in the form of His only Son to provide forgiveness of sin and eternal life. Have you trusted Him as Savior and recognized Him as the only means of salvation?

I haven't heard this song in quite some time and didn't even remember all the words but it started ringing in my head the past few days. I was able to locate the lyrics online and actually listen to the song as sung by Wayne Watson. Powerful stuff as I thought of Mel and her family with all they are going through. Here are the words...

I'm trying hard not to think you unkind
But Heavenly Father
If you know my heart
Surely you can read my mind
Good people underneath the sea of grief
Some get up and walk away
Some will find ultimate relief

Chorus
Home Free, eventually
At the ultimate healing we will be Home Free
Home Free, oh I've got a feeling
At the ultimate healing
We will be Home Free

Out in the corridors we pray for life
A mother for her baby, A husband for his wife
Sometimes the good die young
It's sad but true
And while we pray for one more heartbeat
The real comfort is with you

You know pain has little mercy
And suffering's no respecter of age, of race or position
I know every prayer gets answered
But the hardest one to pray is slow to come
Oh Lord, not mine, but Thy will be done

Let it be...

Chorus
Home Free, eventually
At the ultimate healing we will be Home Free
Home Free, oh I've got a feeling
At the ultimate healing
We will be Home Free

Home Free, eventually
At the ultimate healing gonna be Home Free
Home Free, oh its more than a feeling
At the ultimate healing
Gonna be Home Free

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Melanie's Updates.

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I can see in the "stats" section of Marty and Lori's blog that a lot of you are using this blog to get the link to MLMILLER & FAM. I really don't mind but perhaps you could eliminate this step by adding them to your "favorites" in internet explorer or "bookmarks" in firefox. Just a suggestion.
Melanie has sure been through a lot. My heart just aches for her and the family. We continue to hope and trust in the Living God that He will provide the needed grace for this major interruption in their lives. I tried to imagine having a whole summer turned upside down by something like this! We plan to leave today on a little vacation to my brother Ben's place near Lynchburg VA. Its hard not to feel guilty considering the situation with Mel and the family. Our thoughts and prayers will certainly be with them even while we are gone.
Up to this point, this has to be my favorite picture taken from Mel's hospital room. Doesn't it get to you?

Mel and her youngest sibling Jana....

Please Pray...

How does one go about coping with illness when its pretty close to home and the person affected is so young? For those of you that have not heard, my brother Marty and his wife Lori have been facing one of the hardest trials in life. Having to deal with one of their 5 children having a brain tumor is way up there in the category of “tragedies”. Although the surgery went very well, we now have the agonizing wait to get the oncologist’s report on what type of tumor it is that they took from her head. My heart just aches for them during this time of uncertainty. I have thought long and hard about how fragile life on this earth can be. I am so thankful for friends who continue to care and pray. What would we ever do without such support at times like this? This post goes out as a request that you would continue to lift them to the Lord as they await the report. Our hope is for a miracle that the report ends up better than expected. More importantly that God would provide much needed continued grace for the days ahead. I have already sensed that “amazing grace” in the life of Melanie and the family.

We have set up a blog for them to post updates on Melanie. There are a few pics on there as well.
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A Blog Change.

Here at the Roblog we are in a process of change. The words "clean" and "better" are what I like to see in a blog and/or website. I will admit that this blog service has been very good but when you find something even better why not go with it? I have made an executive decision to switch to "Wordpress" for all my blogging. For those of you that visit the Roblog often, don't get too concerned. I have imported all of my archived posts from this blog into my new Wordpress blog. Yes, all those exciting crabbing trips are still on there for your viewing pleasure! And yes, even the various wedding posts are still there. Just use the handy "search" tool to find just about any post. As far as my old xanga site goes, I will no longer be updating it. It will only be used to provide a link to my new wordpress blog.
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Various and Sundry.

The longer it goes before I do an entry on here the harder it is to think of what to say. Oh well, this will probably be a bit disjointed.
A lot of activities coming up. I shall list a few:
1. Regional student convention this coming week in PA. We plan to stay up there to watch some of the events that Brendon and Andrew are involved in.
2. A wedding in VA next weekend.
3. Our annual school festival is next month.
4. Tax time is here. Oh joy!
Other news:
It snowed early this morning! What a wild beginning to this spring. In the past 2 weeks we have had temps around 80 degrees and a forecast over night saying as low as 28 degrees! They cancelled the sunrise service for tomorrow. I can't fault them for that decision.
Here is a quick picture of our beloved dog "Kibi".... (pronounced "key bee")
This dog looks very docile in the pic below but he has been involved in a rather disgusting activity lately. He drags the skeletal remains of a deer carcass out of the woods and on to the front lawn. Its not my idea of a nice yard ornament and he comes around smelling rather repulsive! Hopefully he will tire of such antics real soon...