“Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And...
We were beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel...... It was mid-2006. Mother had continued to decline in the four years she lived with us. Her physical condition was adding its toll to her dementia. We had done all we could since my dad died of cancer several...
As Jerry and I continue to age, getting closer to the end of this life, we seem to think more of the next life than this one. We are more in preparation than ever before. This brings me to the consideration of what we will leave behind when we exit this world. As we...
Today marks our fifty-sixth anniversary. If you knew how we started, and what we had to work through, you would wonder how we made it this far. Had it not been for the Lord Jesus Christ, I would not be here, and being a servant to my husband would not have been an...
A greeting card we received ten years ago stands on our computer desk. We received it from someone we did not know, who wrote, "Dear Fran and Jerry, We have you on our "permanent" prayer list and have been fervently praying for you regularly." A neighbor of ours had...
Ten years ago I learned how to dress a horrible wound that was a result of Jerry’s left leg amputation. The wound left from Jerry’s surgery three weeks ago is somewhat different, but both would be described as an open hole. These kinds of wounds have to be treated and...
Early this morning as I heard Jerry rolling back to bed from the bathroom, it dawned on me. This is real. It is not a dream. I lay there, and seemingly for the first time thought to myself ~ he cannot walk. He has only one leg. There have been other times when he...
Jerry came wheeling into the kitchen last night, asking if I was still cleaning. “Sure,” I said, knowing that he was aware of my nightly schedule after dinner. Since his amputation eight years ago, he feels badly that most of the work falls on me. Last night was no...
"According to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence, according to the good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself." Ephesians 1:7-9 This morning, before I could think "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,"...