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Swimsuit Season’s Almost Here

I wrote a story a while ago about a couple in Arizona whose home was inundated with 30,000 gallons of water when a pipe burst. They had to pay $6,400 to replace the plumbing in the whole house, and another $6,000 for the packing, moving and storage of the salvageables.

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

They got temporary quarters in a motel, with indignations such as coffee, but no cups, and one fork for the two of them.

Then the man of the house, who’s in trouble with his doctor for being a 40-year letterman in varsity eating, was trying to fix his nightly Slim-Fast diet shake. But there was no blender, nor a big electric mixer. They were packed away with almost everything else.

For temporary use, they had purchased a cheap little hand-held mixer, and he was trying to use that to make his shake . . . in a cheap plastic bowl with no lid . . . and it was splattering out everywhere. . . .

But he stuck to his diet. After all THAT, he’s a hero. I think of him in these last few weeks before I have to appear in public in a swimsuit again. If HE can do it. . . .

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PRAYER REQUEST: Lord, we are touched and humbled by knowing that a 70-something man, an Air Force veteran and retired National Guard officer, started crying yesterday when he heard that his wife could be transferred to an excellent rehabilitation hospital in Kansas City. It was something he had hoped and prayed for, because they are good at getting people off ventilators, and if she doesn’t get off the one she’s on, it’s a problem. Lord, thank You for this breakthrough. We join Hank in praying in one accord that Joan will be able to breathe on her own very soon. Grant it, Breath of Life! We know You hear the cries of the afflicted. (Psalm 10:17)