Ok, so I am somewhat back in the saddle now. It feels good.

Valeria came home today and I thank God for that. She is feeling good and ready to be fully recovered.

It has been so busy these past few days. It is never really possible to totally leave the ministry and so even though I was living in the hospital for 5 days there was still so much on my mind. Nevertheless, God gave me grace and tonight I will be sleeping in my bed and resting better.

We went to the hospital on Sunday morning at 8am. At 10:51 Noah was born. (I have posted 2 pictures of him in some previous posts.) This explains why I have not posted any blog posts in a while.

Noah is doing well and Valeria and I are so undeserving of 3 little sons. Three boys under the age of three makes for some tiring days now, but will hopefully make for some extra special moments growing up. (I am praying that maybe one day they will all be able to play on the same high school team together. I don’t care what sport. I probably prefer baseball or basketball. And this would mean that the youngest, Noah, would have to be really good to be able to play varsity as a 9th or 10th grader.)

This Sunday will be our Homecoming at church celebrating 94 years. We are excited for that.

There is a lot on my mind. I am glad to be back in Fairdale. Tomorrow is Friday.

With such a very busy and heavy last 5 days, Here is where my heart is now:

Psalm 73:23-26

“Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

We cannot have weak faith. Quite frankly, life on earth is often bad, hard, and devastating. Thats the truth. Sooner or later bad news is coming our way.

I was recently comforted by this verse.

Psalm 112

v.1 “blessed is the man who fears the LORD…

v.7 He is not afraid of bad news;
his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.”

The man that is trusting in the LORD has a firm heart and “news” does not phase him. He is firm because God is firm! And all of his hope and faith and trust are in God… not news.

Amen!

Noah holding my hand on his 2nd day of life.

In the Proverbs, you have wisdom speaking to his son teaching him wisdom. He often is saying cling to my teaching. I recently had Proverbs 3:1 painted on my sons bedroom wall. It says “My son, do not forget my teaching.”

In this picture my son, Noah, is clinging to my hand. While this blesses my heart more than words can express, I pray to God that Noah will cling even harder to what I teach him as he grows up and becomes a man.

Here is a picture of the souvenir birth certificate of our newest son Noah.

I show it so you can see the stamps of his feet.

Noah Morris Greene was born Sunday, October 10th, and weighed 8 lbs 15 ozs.