Good Reading

If you want to read a great inspiring book check this one out. A Dare to Live Life Fully--One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp writer of this blog.


Figuring Life Out - One Thousand Gifts from Jacob Forrest on Vimeo.

I Will Remember

I just went to read this blog and read there the words of this song that I have copied and pasted here as it so expresses my feelings that I tried to just share with you in the previous post.

We will remember, we will remember

We will remember the works of Your hands

We will stop and give you praise

For great is Thy faithfulness

You’re our creator, our life sustainer

Deliverer, our comfort, our joy

Throughout the ages You’ve been our shelter

Our peace in the midst of the storm

With signs and wonders You’ve shown Your power

With precious blood You showed us Your grace

You’ve been our helper, our liberator

The giver of life with no end

[Chorus]

When we walk through life’s darkest valleys

We will look back at all You have done

And we will shout, our God is good

And He is the faithful One

Bridge

Hallelujah, hallelujah

To the one from whom all blessings flow

Hallelujah, hallelujah

To the one whose glory has been shown

[Chorus]

I still remember the day You saved me

The day I heard You call out my name

You said You loved me and would never leave me

And I’ve never been the same

Wonderful News

My beautiful daughter--I realised that I have no recent photos of her --so this one will have to do. She is still lovely this one was taken several years ago though. Anyway, I have a special reason for calling attention to her on my blog.

Martha rang me with good news last night. Somewhere between 7 and 10 years ago, she was diagnosed with MS. This was devastating news for a young woman A diagnoses of an incurable disease, something hanging over her life that was totally out of her control, that had the possibility of changing life as she knew it, forever. I am very proud of the way that Martha handled this, she hasn't complained or sulked, she has just gotten on with her life in an amazing way. I and my friends have prayed for and believed that all would go well with Martha, that she wouldn't have any further attacks of MS and I  asked God for her complete healing.  Over the years I have wished that Martha would have new MRI scans but there were always good reasons why this didn't happen.  Recently, as God engineered things, the MRI was done. Yesterday, I got a phone call from my daughter with the results. There are no new lesions in her brain, many of the old ones have disappeared and the ones that are left are all smaller, by many centimeters. I am so happy and I just have to give my great gasp-giving, awe-inspiring, mountain-moving God thanks for what has happened with Martha.  From what could have been a terrible disease with devastating effects there is rejoicing in the fact that it has so improved and it has no hold over her life. Yes, a disease with such unpredictability has shaped her life but not defined it. 

Good on you, my daughter, you are an amazing woman, I am proud of you and love you. And now, you may yell at me for embarrassing you!!!