There is a reason they say "when it rains, it pours". I am learning to be content where I am right now, to live in the moment, to trust God & mainly just to not take things for granted.
First of all, I wanted to give an update on my grandma who is doing....GREAT!!! I really don't know how the old bird did it but it seems as if she is going to make a great recovery. She has been in the hospital & nursing home for the past 3 mos but on Thursday we will be moving her to an assisted living facility! She had the option of going home but she chose this instead which I think is great & I know she will have a bridge club going in a matter of weeks!
We (the world) lost an angel this past week. A childhood friend of ours, Leslie Molbert Dame. Her body lost its fight to cancer after fighting for over a year. She was 28years old. I've had a hard time facing this fact. That her earthly body will not walk among us. She & her family are in alot of my childhood memories & in all of my memories of church. Throughout her entire fight, her faith never waivered. That has been a true inspiration for me. I know her body is gone but she is still very much alive. There are so many people(myself included) that she made an impact on & will carry her in there heart from now on.
My sad thoughts go from "she was too young" to "why leslie", "its just not fair" to "all the things she will never do or see" & then I am reminded that to be absent from your body is to be present with the Lord. She is doing & seeing things that would not hold a candle to this earthly world. She is rejoicing with the angels. She is in the arms of our Heavenly Father! She is pain free! (6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7For we walk by faith, not by sight:8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.)
My heart hurts for her & her family & for this earth. But I also know that her inspiration, her effect on people will never die. She will go on making a difference whether she is here or not. I hope that I can be more like her.
I also have a good friend who is being tested. He is a good man. He would (& has) risked his life several times to help other people & now his character & his word is being questioned. My heart goes out to him. He is in position where he gets up everyday & goes to work not knowing. He doesn't get an agenda...he does not know who he will encounter or what his day will hold. He doesn't know if the his next "client" will be friend or foe. He does not know when he leaves for work if he will come home to his family.....& yet he still goes. I think that says alot about him....about his character. I can only believe that he is enduring such hardship because he is so highly valued by God. That God has such an amazing plan for his life that he has become a target by the devil. But see, we know the ending....we know that God always wins! That HE is in control! That he will work ALL things together for good for those that love Him! (Romans 8:28)
There is more but my heart is heavy enough now.....and thankful. Thankful that I can hopefully lend support & comfort to friends. Thankful for my two healthy kids, thankful for my husband who does so much for our family. Thankful to know the people above & am better for it. Thankful for a God who saves me from this harsh world & thankful that not even death can win.
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