Praise God for the “normal” things . . .

. . . waking in the morning to the sound of much needed rain, sharing a breakfast at our local “good old boy” restaurant, stopping at the library and leaving with 2 heavy sacks of books, celebrating the progression of summertime in our gardens, sitting in ”our row” in church with 10 great grandchildren—ages 6 and under, gently stepping back in [...]

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How can I help?

Most of us have had friends in need, either due to illness or a crisis.  The question we always ask is, “How can I help?”  Before I experienced the flack and fallout of chronic illness and pain, I asked that question many times—and often did try to “help” in the wrong way.  Only when we have [...]

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Sweet Healing!

Healing is always a miracle of God, frequently working through His created scientific truths and advances! After 4 months of the finest medical care imaginable, my husband is experiencing the miracle of healing.  His 4th degree burn which seemed “unfixable” has all but healed after 3 skin graft surgeries and expert nursing care.  Thanks to new stents [...]

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Keeping on keeping on!

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”  2 Corinthians 4:17  (NIV) God is faithful in all circumstances!  Since September 30th, 2010, Joe and I have been besieged with “one thing after another”—mainly involving a serious accident with our van for Joe and surgeries for both of [...]

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Still valid!

I have been pondering the fact that the word “invalid”, meaning an ill or disabled person, is the same as the word “invalid”, meaning not in use/not workable/not valid.  How sad that our wonderful English language cannot create a different word for each context.  Perhaps the North American Eskimos, who reportedly have at least 100 words for “snow”, [...]

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