Ever Singing For Joy

If you've ever read through Daniel 3, you'll be familiar with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.  These three were thrown into a furnace for failure to yield to the King.  The furnace they were thrown into was scorching hot; so hot it killed some of the king's guards.  Yet, they stood, praised God almighty and He carried them through.  It was such a stark example of God putting his power on display that the King altered course and radically changed his behavior and saw God as the One who was worthy of it all; that only He could rescue in the way that He did.  The kicker is, even if God hadn't delivered the three through the fire, He was/is no less worthy of everything we have.  I hope that you hear that in the following words.  I pray that you see that through Ashley and me.  The only way out is through and the only one worthy of any glory is God in Heaven. If you've been following the Facebook updates, you'll know that we were discharged from the hospital on the

To Tell You The Truth, The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases his mercies never come to an end they are new every morning great is your faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in Him." Lamentations 3:22-24 Below is the most important message I'll ever have to offer and the most important message I hope you hear through the entirety of our journey... You know, it's funny (...it's funny how I keep using the phrase, 'it's funny', but anyways...) until last night I hadn't really listened to music during this entire process with Ashley.  I usually have a soundtrack for every season of life.  There's something intimate about having music to sink or swell the emotion of life's events.  During these past few days, I have neither wanted to sink or swell anything... I've wanted everything to stay as still as possible for fear that if the wrong thing moved, everything

Same rules as last night: Status, Things to Pray For, Needs are toward the bottom of the post. Otherwise, Life and how it's unfolding is right... here...   Starting off a little differently tonight (and slightly earlier too).  When I set out to write this blog, it was really meant to inform everyone how Ashley's doing and the fact that the only reason we're even able to tell this story is because God has given us the opportunity.  That's still the primary intent, but I'm finding more and more that actually addressing how I'm feeling, what's going on behind the scenes and the overall experience of the situation at hand is helping me process.  And, according to so many of the messages I've been receiving it is helping others process too.   "And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a man

Good Evening - Before I get in to the official update and analysis of what's going on with Ashley, I want to take a minute to acknowledge something that's pretty spectacular: that would be the UAB staff.  From our neurosurgeon, neurologist, consult teams, nurses, students and even the custodian/janitorial personnel, they have all been professional and empathetic.  I'd also point out they've answered my (numerous) questions about what's going on, what to expect and how the devices, electrodes, and medicinal processes work.  (I ask a ridiculous amount of questions; it's how I learn... and in this case, how I deal with what could be an overly stressful situation)  All in all, I am so thankful that God has provided such a wonderful staff for this experience.  It's funny (funny may not be the right word) how we worry so much about things we have zero control over and yet in the thick of a storm those 'things' don't really seem to matter anymore. Con