I cried that she cried

Walked in on my wife as she sit up on the edge of the bed. She was rubbing her legs down with something, I am not sure what it was. As she did so, she was crying. Out of the medicine she needs to relieve the pain and without the money to get it, she has had to endure and tough it out. Not that the medicine eliminates the pain, but it helps reduce it to being livable.

I don't know if she was crying because of the pain or because of the fact that the medicine she needs is so expensive that she can't get it. Or was she crying because in spite of the fact that the church seems to be growing again, we still haven't gotten over the financial struggles we're in. Living in Rutherford County and pastoring a small church is not easy in these trying times. Ranked 13th in the nation with depression because of the lack of jobs and low paying ones that exist, the county continues to struggle. This is where we are.

I've watched as both sides of the political platform has fought over the health care bill. I have reservations about the government bailouts that have gone on and the increasing budget deficit. But I have been in third world countries that have better health care than we do. Trish and I do not have medical insurance. We simply can't afford it.

And so, sometimes at night, she cries. And when I see it, I do, too.

INTERCESSORY PRAYER

We're having intercessory prayer this morning at New Harvest Church at 10 am. I am looking forward to it. It is an unannounced prayer meeting. One of the members of the church had been talking to another about getting together to pray. He texted me and asked if it would be ok to meet at the church and do it. Of course, I said yes.

Trish, my wife, had just been talking about calling for a time of prayer and intercession. A lot of needs exist in the community where we live and the church is located. This area is in the list of one of the 15 greatest areas of depression in the nation. High unemployment and low paying jobs are prevalent here.

But we'll not just be praying for the economy. We're going to be praying for spiritual breakthrough in lives. We want to see lives changed, people set free. We want to see increase and revival in the church.

If you're located within driving distance of Forest City, NC, we invite you to join us this morning. There will be no crowd, and there will be no format. Just prayer. If you can't physically join us, but want to join in at least a portion of the prayer time, we welcome it. Again, we'll begin at 10 am, and the prayer time will go somewhere between 30 minutes to an hour.

You can also send us your prayer requests. We will gladly include them in our prayer time.