West Cocoa Chat

Last night was our first "Elders / Ministers Meeting" since our little crisis I wrote about in my previous post. Now here is one of those “Christian duh” moments. I stated in our meeting last night that we needed to dedicate at least half our meeting time to the ministry of prayer. Now I’m sure some of you might want to say something along the lines of, “You guys actually didn’t know that already?” Well, it’s like a lot of things; we knew it, believed it, but we had gotten away from it. I was so encouraged by the spirit of prayer that had been missing in our infrequent meetings and by the way, here’s another “Christian duh” moment. Those of us in church leadership need some “face time.” We need to communicate with each other. When our eldership shrunk to two, it was easy to forgo meeting with each other on a weekly (do I hear cheers from some of you) basis and I honestly think Satan took advantage of that.

Speaking of prayers, I ask for prayers on Krystal’s behalf. She and her husband Nate live in our upstairs apartment. She has a non-cancerous inoperable brain tumor. This tumor was causing her to have seizures when they first moved from Kansas to Cocoa. Her seizures last for about 30 seconds and cause her to go blank or act irrationally such as trying to exit a moving vehicle.

The seizures had stopped for about 3 months but they started up about 3 weeks ago. Krystal is 22 and is very involved with our youth group. She went on a youth group trip to Nashville a couple of weeks ago and continued to have seizures. What bothered her most was the girls in her hotel room becoming frightened because of some things she said while she was having the seizures.

When I spoke to Krystal a couple of days ago, she told me she wanted the seizures to stop but at the same time, she was reading her Bible everyday as well as constantly praying. She said the seizures were a curse and a blessing as she felt closer to God. What an attitude and a result.

Keep this beautiful, precious young Christian in your prayers.

Have a good day blog family.