Friday Night

Greetings to all:

Marty has had a busy day, has been and is quiet tired, but still is getting around and doing her things. We have had visits today from the hospice nurse, Cheryl J., Joan J., Bev and Vern W., and Dick and Andy H. It was indeed good to see and fellowship with each one. It has been a long time since we have been with many of our friends and members of the community of faith so, it is certainly good to be back with a few at a time at this time. Marty does enjoy seeing and being with friends, even though at times she does fall asleep while visiting.

The sleepiness is no doubt from the low blood counts. Marty has had this problem before when the counts were low. At this point in time, we don’t know how this will work out. Always before the bone marrow has had a blood and/or platelet transfusion to help it come back, but that will not happen this time. So, we have to wait and see what will happen now. God is good – all the time. All the time – God is good. And we praise the Lord for all that God has given us.

After having printed a lot of medical information for the time Marty was in the hospital we don’t have it to print it now. So, all that we can say is that Marty is up for meals, to the bath room, and to do other things she feels she needs to do. Then she is in bed for rest, naps, reading, and watching movies with the grandchildren. She does have a little cough, her feet and ankles are still big, and she has a pain patch to control her pain – which it does a pretty good job. The bottom line is that she tells me she is “Okay” but we have really not defined what “okay” means. The good thing is that she is still up and about to the glory of God.

Yesterday I had to go to the hardware store and so I rode my motorcycle and took the “long way” to town and the store. Well, maybe to call it the “long way” is a little misleading, what I really did was to take a ride. I was on both routes 31 and 24, but off on many county roads most of the time. Of course, the corn is up pretty high right now and it was hard to see at some of the corners. It was indeed a situation that even if you did not have the stop sign you wanted to slow down, be prepared to stop, and look both ways before going on a cross. As I was experiencing this I got to thinking about how that related to our life with God. There are those times when we just breeze along with “tunnel vision” so, that we don’t see anything but what is right in front of us and we actually lose site and touch with God. So, it is much better when we slow down and look around so that we keep our eyes on God and do not lose sight of His will and plan for us each day, each hour, and each minute. It is so easy for us to lose God in our daily activities which are just the times that we should not lose Him because then we become lost. God is in so many different aspects of our lives when we look and are aware it is easy to see Him and know His will for us. Praise the Lord! So slow down your life travels and take time to look both ways to see God and His will for you.

Have a positive day and God bless.

Marty and Jack
John 3:16