Ricks Thoughts

I am in much prayer for Ricky.......I specifically pray to remind God that there are so many ways Ricky can continue to bring His children into His fold....thru his voice, his talents, his witness on this earthly home and I have described the ways in which He needs him.....the ways that Hannah and I have personally witnessed him to have with others, especially young people. I find myself praying at school quietly to myself during meetings, conferences, etc. He is constantly in my thoughts and in Roy's. Much love to all of you and hope you got my cards.

As I read Rick's blog this am, I am reminded of the memories of this exact same scene we experienced on Friday October 15, 2004 with Jay. My tears as I read are tears of pain for the agony I know you all are feeling. Our God is a good God and we have to believe that this pain is all a part of his Big Picture for Rick and us all. I am on my knees in prayer. Oh, I am Jay Harrell's MOM and Cindy Harrell's MOM IN LAW. God Bless YOU. Sara

Every thought and prayer of ours is with you, your faith is so incredible to us. You are so special and we love you. God Bless You Rick!!!

when strength has left me
when i cannot lift my hands
when i feel the crushing weight of darkness
when i am ambushed by fear
when the best i can do is to lay motionless before you

i am ever mindful
i will not forget

you alone reign in power
your endless grace reaches down for me
your glory is as a blinding light
pushing aside the blackness that taunts me
you are my perfect love
you cast out my every fear
when my lips cannot form the questions
you are my only answer

We love you so much Rick! You and your family have constantly been in our thoughts and prayers for the past weeks. We will continue with our prayers and ask everyone we know to do so as well. God has His hands all over this situation. May His pure and perfect will be done. We can't wait to hear you sing again at MLC. We love you Rick!!

Thank you Jeff and Shannon for the updates. We have been checking quite often. We have even turned rickpearson.org into our homepage.

God bless,
Jeff, Mary Lou, Carley, Amy, and Mallory Rudiger

Dear Billy,Elaine,Candi,Haley,Rick

My deepest thoughts and prayers are with each and every one of you. Your family as you know is my family. As I sit here reading all of these wonderful messages that are being sent to Rick I remember back to how much of a LIGHT your family is and God will acknowledge that in your times of storms. I remember Rick would always tell me when I went though some of the worst times in my life "God will never put to much on you that you can not handle" and I say that to you now as a daughter and a sister in Christ.We will pray for Gods total and abundant healing on Ricks life and for peace and comfort on the family. God Bless each and every one of you who are with the family now we appreciate the web site.
With so much love for this family,
Jennifer Wilson Wright

Hi Ricky,
This is Marsha (McAnally) from high school. I've been following this site for a couple of days now since I learned about what you're going through. You are the last person I ever thought something would happen to. I've been praying for you constantly and have asked everyone I know to pray for you as well. I ask God every time I pray to give me a scripture-something to cling to and know that you will be ok. HE finally gave me one and each time I read it, I am comforted by the fact that you WILL beat this. "The LORD himself watches over you! The LORD stands beside you as your protective shade. The sun will not hurt you by day, nor the moon at night. The LORD keeps you from all evil and preserves your life. The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever." (Psalm 121: 5-8)

Father,

We come to you in behalf of Rick. We know you love Rick more than anyone and that you will take care of him no matter what. In life or in death, you will take care of him and he is in Your loving, merciful hands. Thank you, God that Rick knows you and we thank you God even more that you know Rick. Lord, we ask you for healing and mercy. We ask that you be glorified. We ask that you give peace and hope and comfort and assurance to all those who love Rick. Please pour out your Spirit in a mighty way and please have your precious, divine will in Rick's life and as well as the lives of all others. We love you, Lord. We thank you, Lord for your love. We thank you for who you are. Amen.

I am praying for a miracle right now.

I just wanted to say that we are very much praying for God's divine will to be done in Ricks life. He is and has always been such an inspiration to me! Rick just wanted to say LOVE ya man and to Candi, Elaine, Haley, and Billy all of you are speciAL TO ME AND MY FAMILY.

PRAYING and never ceasing
LOVE YALL

Gerald, Sharon, Caleb,and Michael Mcanally

Shannon,
Thank you so much for loving us that you constantly keep us posted. I will continue to pray!
Love in Christ,
Kim

Thank you Lord for your promise to hear our prayers, you tell us Lord that if we ask it will be given unto us , Please Lord , intercede for Rick now. We are on our knees Lord , thy will be done . Thank you Lord for loving us . In Jesus's name we pray..

Dear Rick and Family,

We do not know you personally but have had the privledge of hearing and seeing Rick sing at Mountain Lake where we are members. Rick your unbelievable talent of singing and leading worship is what drew us to Mountain Lake and thus we found our church home! You are such a shining light to so many and we are so thankful for you. You are in our prayers daily and we are praying that you would be completely healed and for peace and comfort for your family. God is the great physician and I truly believe He will lay His healing hands upon you Rick! We cannot wait to see and hear you back up on stage at ML- it's just not the same without you! We love you and God Bless you Rick. Thank you Jeff and Shannon for being so constant with the updates- we check the website continually every day! Love, the Longs (Desta, Brian and Paige)

Our family is praying for Rick and for all of you. God is good and His hands are always with us. As God had done so many times for Bryant in his 3 1/2 years on this earth He can do for Rick.... and that is my prayer. As in Romans 8:32 says......He who did not spare his own Son, but gave Him up for us all-how will He not also,along with Him,graciously give us all things? That is one of the verses I stand on for Bryant and I will also trust in the same for Rick.

To our SPECIAL Rick and his family,
We are all praying so hard right now for strength in your body. Shawn called you our Shepard and you are. You are such an inspiration. We pray for healing and comfort. Thank you to Jeff, Shannon, Candi, and all of your family for making us a part of you and keeping us posted. You are all a part of our family, we are all God's children and we all must stick together. We have prayer request all over the world right now for you. You are so loved. Thank you Lord for this incredible man, make him strong again and bring him back to us at Mountain Lake.

In our constant prayers and thoughts,
Steve, Sherri, and Stefany Massey

Hey Rick,
Just wanted to let you know you are on our minds and heart. Man we are praying for you. I believe God will heal you and you can give the praise and glory for it like I know you will. I remember all of Royal Ranger campouts and trips I miss them days. Tell Billy and Elaine we are praying for them and if there is anything we can do for them to respond back, anything around the house just let us know. Rick keep your head up you have a whole Christian Army behind you. I Love You in Christ. David Parish

WE ARE PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU IN THIS SERIOUS TIME OF NEED. WE LOVE YOU AND HOPING FOR A MIRACLE IN RICK'S LIFE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
PRAY KNOWING THE POWER OF PRAYER. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO. WITH ALL OUR LOVE, THE COOPER'S

You all are in our prayers. While it is hard to understand why all of this is happening I know that we need to remember that we need to give thanks to God in all circumstances. In the Purpose Driven Life book it says that what happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Paul said, "We know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character."
We have to all have faith in God and that he knows what the end result is. He is in control. He loves Rick and will never leave his side. God is going through this with us all. Thank you so much for keeping us informed.
We love you.....Shannon and Gerry Brown

I'm praying for you.

Rick and Family:

My prayers are with you.

Called mom this am and gave her the update, then called Pastor Kilpatrick. He said he would go to prayer as soon as he got of the phone.

We've got a prayer chain going here in Marianna, and we are rebuking the Devil and believing GOD to restore Rick's health.

We love ya'll,

We're here praying for you!!! We love you.

"And the peace of God, which transends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Phillipians 4:7

Love, Ed and Shelley

"I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning: Great is Your faithfulness. I say to myself: "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him." ~Lamentations 3:21-24

Rick, I'd just want you to know you are constantly in our thoughts and prayers. You and your families strength and faith through these tribulations are truly admirable, and I thank God for you all.God reflects so brightly in your face, from your radiant smile to your beautiful voice.Thank you for leading us in praise and worship, it is always the highlight of our fellowship at MLC. We look forward to your leadership in the future.. Get Well brother Rick The Calhoun Family

Psalm 28-8
" The Lord is their strength, and He is the saving refuge of His annionted"
Continue in Hope and Faith-God has Rick in His hands, i believe Rick is one of His annionted-! -jill

Rick and family, I appreciate so much all of the updates. You know God is with you and so many people are praying on your behalf.

Rick, please get strong and fight! It sounds like there are a lot of people effected by all you are going through. The Spirit is making Himself known around that hospital!

We love you and miss you, Robin Smith

I felt lead of the Lord to pass on to you a divine message that we received during my husband's own battle with Leukemia. This was sent to us by someone we did not know either, but who obviously was a fellow sister in Christ that allowed the Holy Spirit to work through her. I hope this brings as much comfort to you all as it did to us, as this applies so well to every single one of us. You are all uplifted in prayers moment by moment.

"To My precious child:

Because I knew even before I created the earth that you would accept My love for you, and that you would seek to know Me thus...

In the beginning I created the heavens and the earth. Then at the right time and in the right place I created you. I created your inner most being, I created every part of you, I knit you together in your mother's womb. You were carefully and wonderfully made; my works are wonderful, and you My precious child are my work. My eyes saw your unformed body. All the days planned for you were written in my book before one of them came to be. How precious are My thoughts for you, how great is the number of them! If you were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.

Listen to me, My precious child; I created you and have cared for you since before you were born. I will be your God throughout your lifetime, until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you. I will carry you in my arms, holding you close to my heart. For I know the plans that I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

My precious child there are some times of suffering in your life. But the temporary suffering of this life does not compare to the glory that shall be revealed in you. Know this, that I am with you and I will help you. Your help comes from me, I am the God who created the heavens and the earth, and the one you created you. I will never leave you, I will never reject you. When your parents fail you, I will pick you up, hold you close and adopt you. Nothing can ever separate you from My love for you. When you are in trouble and distress, My love is with you. When you are persecuted, My love is with you. When you are hungry and cold and naked, My love is with you, I am always with you. When you are in danger and threatened with death, My love is with you; I will be with you forever.

My precious child know that nothing can separate you from My love, no matter how high you go, no matter how deep you sink, nothing in life and not even death can separate you from Me, and My love for you. My love for you is revealed through Christ Jesus your Lord. In all things and every situation you will have victory, you will conquer, because the victory of Christ Jesus is your victory.

But now, My precious child, I the Lord who created you and formed you says: Do not be afraid, for I have purchased you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, they will not over flow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned. I command you to be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid; do not be dismayed, for I, the Lord your God will be with you everywhere you go.

My precious child, know that everything will work together for your good, because you love me. You have been called according to my purpose. For I knew you before you were born and I predestined you to be conformed to the likeness of My Son, Jesus Christ. This is your destiny, and this is your purpose, that you become one with My Son Jesus, and thus one with me. I created you in My image so that you and I can express love to each other. The most intimate relationship you can have is with Me because you and I are becoming one. You and your brothers and sisters that beleive in Me are becoming one with Jesus, and thus one with Me. You in Me, and Me in you, together, unified by My love for you. You were designed for this purpose, nothing else will ever satisfy your deepest needs, your deepest desires, only I can. Because you seek to know Me, I satisfy your heart with love, joy and peace that only I can give you."

Rick,
Elaine, Billy, Candice, Haley

Our family has been in constant prayer for Rick and your family since the moment we heard of Rick being sick. I know God has a wonderful plan through this trial that you are all going through. What a testimony you will tell!!!
I look at the pictures of Rick and can't help but remember the dramas Rick was in and how everyone that watched him were caught up in his character. What talent and joy. We are praying for God's perfect will, for peace and comfort for Rick and for your family.

psalms 40:5 Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them they would be too many to declare.

Tim and Melody Godwin
Ryan and Richard

We are praying for you guys! Hang in there Rick we need you~~~~ You have ALWAYS put a smile on everyone's face at MLC. Thanks for sharing GOD with us.

I just wanted to say that I am praying day and night for your safety Rick!! Words can't express how horrible this makes me feel. My youth group continues to pray also.
Just as a final comment, I wanted to thank you for the amazing praise and worship you helped lead at Big Stuf. God has given you an amazing talent and you are doing just what you should with it. You are using it for his glory!
I will keep on praying for you and I know you will get better.

Good Luck to you!
Lauren Rutherford

P.S. Suzanne is BEAUTIFUL!! She's a lucky gal!

Hi I am a friend of the family and all that I can do is pray, but that you can be sure that I will do. I seen Rick at Roxie mothers funeral and said to myself that he was a working for GOD>>>. I pray that GOD will give all of you the peace that is his and help all of you.

Hi Rick, My name is Vivian.I'm in Coach Davis's Bible class at Faith Academy. I just want to let you know that I am praying for you every chance I get.I want to give you some scriptures from the Bible about healing that I hope will encourage you.

"They will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them: THEY WILL LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, AND THEY WILL RECOVER." Mark 16:18

Is anyone around you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.
James 5:13

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made to God.
Philippians 4:6

"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." John 15:7


I am prayin!!! May God bless you, as well as your family.