Pastor Greg:   

Usually I don’t wish to bother you as you have so much to do now as a Pastor of such a large congregation, but I had to write to you about all of the people needing prayer for their bones at church today.  I was watching on the web cam due to having bone replacement surgery in my jaws a few days ago. I have osteoporosis and for years I too was hurting, something happened though, and Pastor Greg, you and God are the reason I am not hurting anymore. When you had the “Healthy Living” sermons this past fall Ron took the challenge.  He immediately started to quit eating much of what was called bad food, and I ended up weaning myself off of some of the foods because, “I wanted to encourage Ron”.  One of the things we quit having is diet soda, soon my bones weren’t hurting and I did not have to sleep with Ben Gay rubbed on my knees, I could even climb the stairs, Oh My!!  (I might add that my cholesterol went down while I was “encouraging” Ron too.)  I can say without a doubt that diet soda was the culprit for my bones hurting as I have had some since and sure enough, I was using the Ben Gay on my knees again. I wonder how many of the women that needed prayers for their knees drink diet sodas. I don’t want them to suffer from the bone loss and bone replacement surgeries that I have had.   

     Thank you again for your teachings as they have all been of great value to Ron and me. 

Becky