I hope all
of you had a lovely Christmas. I know many people don’t because of a loss of
some kind. I pray God will comfort you in that loss. He walks beside you.
I was
thinking of the past year and what God has done for me and my family. Just
being with us and living in us is the best thing. But there were times when the
Lord stepped in to specifically help us.
My grandson
Jordan has gotten off heroin completely. His mental and physical heath is much
better. I asked if I could text him verses from the Bible and he said yes. I
try to remember to send them every day. He is very interested in the Old
Testament stories.
I went to an
ophthalmologist to get new glasses and told him how God seemed to have stopped
me from getting my cataracts removed. He told me it is a good thing I didn’t
get the operation and I should never get it done, since I had an allergy to eye
antibiotics 10 years ago. He said I couldn’t get tested for the allergy because
a minute amount could kill me. So, I think I would have died last summer if God
had not stopped the operation for me by not letting me get the antibiotics in
time and also getting sick as soon as I entered the hospital. I’m very
grateful, because my mom and husband need me right now.
Speaking of
my mother, she was diagnosed with colon cancer a year ago. They told me to not
let her eat anything with a lot of fiber. She was exhausted when she came home
from the rehab facility. Unlike rehab, I let her sleep as much as she wanted.
She sometimes slept 12-16 hours, got up for 2 hours and went back to bed. Well,
she did slowly heal from her broken hip operation. Her ability to read came
back too. It has been truly wonderful. I have read people can live with colon
cancer for up to 10 years, so we are hoping this will happen for her. I am very
thankful God let me have my mom back, even if it is just for awhile.
One of my
granddaughters had to break up with a boyfriend and she felt so awful about it.
I told her I would pray for her and him. The break-up went very well. It was
painful for him, but there was no anger or fighting.
Almost everyone
in my family came to visit this year. We had such a beautiful time together. I
keep thanking God over and over for this. I will always remember this
Christmas.
