Pray for Ted and Gayle Haggard...

How would you like it if your husband gave you the most devastating news of your entire life ("Yes, Honey, I've been having an affair for the past 3 years...with a male prostitute") then having it be national fodder for the media, comedians and anyone else with the desire to make all Christiandom look horrible? Well, that is exactly what happened to Gayle Haggard, wife of New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard, Wednesday night. I will say that I wouldn't have wanted to be a fly on the wall during that converstation for anything in the world. You can read the story for yourself at The Gazette (http://gazette.com/display.php?id=1326111). You can also read the statements given by both the Haggards at New Life's web site, http://www.newlifechurch.org/. They are located on the upper right corner of the web page.

For those of you who know our town and this church, please pray! Pray for:

• Gayle Haggard, her children, and her marriage;
• the Christians at New Life that they would come out of this stronger in the faith;
• the local pastors here that they would not be arrogant or judgemental from the pulpit but rather take it as a warning of their own vulnerabilities;
• and a host of other things that I'm sure you can think of and I can't.