Life With Jesus is Better
Revisiting the last few years of my life with you over the last few months has been rewarding and therapeutic for me on a number of levels. One such reward is that I now have a deeper understand Paul's message surrounding suffering. Now before you @ me on this, I understand completely that Paul's suffering …
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” John 3:3 I once took a train under the English Channel from London to the coast of France. The train ride was so smooth that it barely felt like we were moving, we sat and …
I have been an Auburn fan since middle school. Growing up in Kentucky, no one cared much about college football, but I loved Bo Jackson and that made me an Auburn fan. Now Auburn fans are a unique bunch. We don’t like getting our hopes up too high and we certainly don’t like broadcasting high …
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw …
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 Depression makes me grumpy. After being transferred to the inpatient rehab facility at Vanderbilt it took a while to get everyone on the same page. Much like my experience at UAB the lack of communication between doctors and staff members on my team …
The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones …
Pulling into town we were greeted by dozens of people who stayed up late to welcome us home. The Core 4 Powells were all exhausted as we unloaded the powerchair, lift and myself back onto Union City soil for the first time in six months. An amazing crew had built a ramp for me in …
To say that we were spoiled during our time at the NIH would be an understatement. The attentiveness to my every need, the communication between my teams and with Jodi and I was second to none. And then there was UAB. In their defense, it wasn’t all their fault. I was quite a unique patient …
Praise the Lord, my soul,and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sinsand heals all your diseases,who redeems your life from the pitand crowns you with love and compassion Psalm 103:2-4 I have given much thought to how to proceed in the next part of the story, and I have decided I want to …
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 My team of caregivers at the NIH (empowered by God) had saved my life more than once in the previous 6 months. They had operated on, suctioned out of, …
Jeremy Powell 