----We All Are On A Journey ~~

----"My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.
---(John 14:23 / NRSV) -- angelwing

---My wife, Kate, and I stopped by our local Dunkin' Donuts to get some "fuel for the road" prior to driving fifty-fifty-five miles to see her cardiologist.

Three weeks prior, Kate underwent open-heart surgery. By all indications, her healing was progressing well. Yet any visit to a heart doctor is a visit that includes unease and concern.

After I received my two decaf coffees and a few munchies, I headed for the door.

"Hi, Ken," came a friendly voice from the line of early-morning patrons." "How's Kate?"

I glanced to see Ginny, a longtime resident of our town and backbone member of our church. In the next moment I saw her, I immediately experienced a tangible sense of calm, assurance, and promise.

We briefly discussed the doctor's trip Kate and I were taking, and how well she seemed to be doing. "Tell her we're asking for her...and have her in our thoughts, and prayers," remarked Ginny as I departed.

After thirty years in the army, and some seventeen different changes of address, we moved to the Hudson Highlands five and a half years ago. Although we did not know a soul here prior, we'd experience a deep sense of church community, acceptance, and shared spiritual care from the start.

As I walked to the car with Dunkin Donut snacks in hand, I was energized. I knew not only Ginny's thoughts with us as we drove off, but the prayers of an entire congregation were also being raised on our behalf. ~~

--"Loving God, we thank You for houses of worship where we are sustained by Your presence, grace, and lives of Your people. Thank You, Father, for the privilege of prayers. In Jesus Name."
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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]