Margo's Bible Verses August 23rd

On this date, August 23rd, Margo was reading in the gospel of John 6:16--21 titled, "Jesus Walks on the Water" and in I Timothy 4:7--11 titled "Exercise Yourself Spiritually".

Margo underlined three sentences in the commentary on the passage in the gospel of John. To provide some context I'll quote some of the verses from the bible passage and some from the commentary.

John 6:16--21
"...18:A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough...19:they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;...21:...and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading."

Commentary:
"Jesus displayed his great power by immediately bringing the disciples to their destination."

Here's what Margo underlined:
"Jesus intervened for the disciples when they really needed it. We often experience God's grace in the midst of difficult times. Jesus never leaves us to face difficulty on our own. Let us trust in God and His power when we face hard times."


As a side light, Margo wrote the following words at the top of the page in her devotional bible:

"For God would want that none shall perish".

These are the verses Margo underlined in I Timothy 4:

"7:Having nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales;rather, train yourself to be godly...9: This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. 10: (and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and especially of those who believe.

11:Command and teach these things."


About this time last year, I had rushed Margo to the ER at Swedish hospital in Denver from our home south of Pueblo because she had a scary reaction to the chemo treatment. The doctors treated her for dehydration and low blood counts.

When she was in the hospital, she began complaining of tremendous back pain. It took a while but the doctors and nurses finally discovered Margo had a fractured vertebrate in her back. She had fallen a few times that summer. The orthopedic surgeons performed a procedure called kyphoplasty on the vertebrate. It's a process whereby cement is injected into the crushed vertebrate after it's restored to it's "near" original size by a "balloon" inserted directly into the vertebrate.

She was so wonderful through all this, though she was in tremendous pain. I was with her almost every minute. We were laminated to each other during this. She was up on the 7th floor in room 120 at Swedish. Many of you called her while she was in the hospital then. Many of you prayed. She always loved those calls and knew you were praying.