Hello my friends! Today went well - he went to Dr. Mike, and found out that those symptoms he had could very well be vertigo, all of them, so he adjusted him, and he's good again! Lori was here for supper, thought he should go to PT for inner ear problems, said a client went and got rid of her vertigo. He's still going to the neurologist yet, because that's scheduled - MD's want that done. Vertigo will not show up on those scans. So he didn't have any strokes and that is wonderful news! Praise the Lord! Dr. Mike will have to refer him to the PT Lori says she knows a good one that helped her client. This forenoon we had an appt. at the funeral home to check out our options. Need to talk this over with the girls, cremation is so much cheaper! Just wanted to get our ducks in order - that's necessary. It was interesting there, was not looking forward to it though. Tomorrow he picks up Deil for the weekend - I'll stay home and bake some bread. Will have her and Lori here for supper - made a good chicken vegetable soup. Just want some fresh home made bread to go with it. Well that it for tonight! Praying you all have very many special blessings!! Love you all very much!!!
Hello to Shorelady - hope things are going well for you!! I'm glad you still read here and post when you feel like! All who posted on the last thread - thank you!! Love reading your posts always. Sometimes I think I talk too much here!! Yes, I know I do. Also all of you who just read and not post - praying for you all too!! But if you wish, post once in a while so I know you are there!!!
The important thing is not how long your life is, but how good your life is.
Lord, may I glorify You all the days of my life.
Scripture for the day:
"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were
called in the one body. And be thankful." ~Colossians 3:15
Meditation for the day:
We can be at home and comfortable in the world. Yet some of us live
lives of quiet desperation. This is the opposite of being at home and at
peace in the world. We can let our peace of mind be evident to those around
us.
We can let others see that we are comfortable, and seeing it, know that it
springs from our trust in God. The dull, hard way of resignation is
not God's way. Faith can take the sting out of the winds of adversity and
can bring peace even in the midst of struggle.
Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may be more comfortable in my way of living. I pray that
I may feel more at home and at peace within myself.
IN THE NIGHT
By Sally I. Kennedy
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1
Lucy is one of my husband’s favorite relatives. She is a gentle
person. Exactly the kind of mother, grandmother, aunt, or neighbor you
would want. Her hair is white and curled, and patted down to cover the
balding thinness. She walks bent over from the great hump on her back
from osteoporosis.
Lucy always has a ready and listening ear. She always has something
kind and encouraging to say. You just feel better being around her.
She stays busy with friends and family, but lives alone. Her husband
and best friend of 45 years, died. I asked her, "How are you really
doing?" She paused, then said, "It's hardest in the night. Everything
is worse at night."
Lucy's peaceful and pleasant demeanor covers her real feelings of
ongoing loneliness and anxiety. In the book of Samuel, in the Bible,
it says we look at what we can see, but God looks at the heart.
Sometimes we look all "together" when really we are in our "night."
God alone sees into our deepest heart of hearts. He knows what is
written there.
He is always about the business of comforting us. He actually provides
us with His very presence. That word of hope is real good news.
Especially in the night.
Praying The Offering Of Self
Lord Jesus, You told your friends not to worry about the future.
You showed them how to have the attitude of simple trust that young children
have,
so that they could place themselves into the caring hands of Your Father.
And so, I ask for the power of Your Spirit that I may remain positive
throughout all
that is ordinary in my daily life.
I know that Your touch can change people and situations, and so I ask You to
join me
in offering to Our Father not only the good things of this day but also the
suffering and sacrifices
that I want to offer cheerfully and lovingly and in a quiet and hidden way.
And so may any dificulties and frustration and pain of this day be
transformed in Your Presence
for the benefit of other people.
Amen.
TAKE TIME OUT FOR TEN THINGS...
Take time out to work ~
It is the price of success.
Take time out to think ~
It is the source of power.
Take time out to play ~
It is the secret of youth.
Take time out to read ~
It is the foundation of knowledge.
Take time out to worship ~
It is the highway of reverence.
Take time out to help and enjoy friends ~
This is the source of happiness.
Take time out to love ~
It is the one sacrament of life.
Take time out to dream ~
It hitches the soul to the stars.
Take time out to laugh ~
It is the singing that eases life's load.
Take time out to pray ~
It helps bring Christ near and washes the
dust of earth from our eyes.
--Author Unknown
Build a Box of Friendship
Into a box of friendship
To insure that it is strong
First a layer of respect
On the bottom does belong
Then to the sides attach
In the corners where they meet
Several anchors full of trust
Devoid of all deceit
The height of friendship can be measured
By the sides of four
So make them all a larger cut
And the box will hold much more
Now fill it up with courtesy
Honor and esteem
Understanding, sympathy
And passion for a dream
Add to that your honesty
Emotions joy and love
And since they're so important
Place them up above
But leave the box wide open
So all can see inside
To learn what makes a friendship work
From the box you built with pride
A Gentle Thunder
Once there was a man who dared God to speak.
"Burn the bush like you did for Moses, God. And I will follow."
"Collapse the walls like you did for Joshua, God. And I will fight."
"Still the waves like you did on Galilee, God. And I will listen."
And so the man sat by a bush, near a wall, close to the sea and waited for
God to speak.
And God heard the man, so God answered.
He sent fire, not for a bush, but for a church.
He brought down a wall, not of brick, but of sin.
He stilled a storm, not of the sea, but of the soul.
And God waited for the man to respond.
And he waited...
And he waited...
And waited.
But because the man was looking at bushes, not hearts; bricks and not lives;
seas and not souls,
he decided that God had done nothing.
Finally he looked to God and asked, "Have you lost your power?"
And God looked at him and said, "Have you lost your hearing?"
Max Lucado
I Wish You
When you are lonely
I wish you love.
When you are down
I wish you joy.
When you are troubled
I wish you peace.
When things are complicated
I wish you simple beauty.
When things are chaotic
I wish you inner peace.
When things looks empty
I wish you hope.
- Author Unknown
Meditations by Padre Pio
I beseech you, for the love of God, do not fear God, because He doesn’t want
to do you any harm at all. Love Him a great deal because He wants to do you
a great deal of good. Walk simply, with certainty in your resolutions, and
reject the reflections of spirits concerning your suffering, treating them
as cruel temptations.
Mother Teresa Said...
It is a wonderful thing that God Himself loves us tenderly. Knowing this
should give us courage and joy for living.
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