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This has been a wonderful day.  A visit from a dear friend and lots of laughter and tears. I do so wish she lived closer, perhaps in time/  Her dad is not well, has battled cancer and is on dialysis.  His property has been sold, and the estate divided up.  The division has not been easy.

Janet I am sorry things have not turned out the way you expected,  I am continuing to pray.

It is late.  I am off to bed.  Good night/morning everyone.

God bless everyone.  I haven't been on the forum for some time - my apologies.  I do hope that God is blessing each and everyone of you, even though some may be 'going through the fire' so to speak.  (I'd rather be in the lions den with the Lord than in a palace without Him).

Thank you for the devotional Pat.  What a dark world we live in! But even in this miserable world we can know the God of truth - He will never lead into error.

I'll have to catch up what's been going on in the forum.  See y'all later.


Anthony.

Good to see you Anthony.  I so agree - it is better in the lion's den!  Oh Janet - you've (both you and Beth) been through so much difficulty!  But God went through it all before you, and He sees the end from the beginning.  Did the care place give any reason why the room they had previously shown you wasn't to belong to Beth?  That's a terrible breach of promise.  But it isn't over yet.  God still will make His move.

Well, Marbeth had an ultra sound test yesterday, and I got to watch it.  It's amazing how much they can tell from watching to sound waves bounce off of everything internally.  Actually, this one was of the Karotid artery and surrounding tissue on both sides of the neck.  Next she has to have an EEG and then a CTscan about a week from now.  They're looking for possible low-level seizure activity, because she's had several episodes of nearly passing out.  May our God grant insight and wisdom to the doctors.

Our grand in Olympia, WA is graduating from highschool in June with straight A grades in everything throughout her highschool career as well as extreme proficiency in four different musical instruments.  So we very much want to get up there for the graduation.  But we are waiting on our son providing the transportation, etc., as we can't afford it.  We are also waiting on the medical situation at the time.  The graduation is mid-June.  So we need God's definite direction and blessing, to say the least!

Al I am sorry to hear about Marbeth I will put her on the prayer chain.

Anthony great seeing you here again. How is your mum?

I have to get ready for work now I will come back later.

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Anthony, it's great to see you.  I've been wondering how you are.

So sorry about Marbeth, Al.  I definitely will continue praying for both of you.

Pat:  I must say that today's devotion is exceptional.  Thank you!!!!

Anthony:  Hello - very good to read your note. 

Al:  Prayers for Marbeth and for your trip to Olympia to see your outstanding granddaughter. 

Janet:  Such a downer for Beth to have the much smaller room and not have her dog.  I hope and pray that she will be able to have the room they showed to you.  It sounds like a discussion is in order with the nursing home. 

Carol

Thanks, friends.  The "reason" given to me was they they keep that room for patients who are dying of cancer, because the hospice equipment takes up space; also it gives more room for family members.  In my pain and disappointment I wanted to ask, aren't the living as important as they dying?  And Beth may be there for a long time, because she is so young.......My faith is at an all time low just now, I just want to scream, cry, and beat my fists against the walls of heaven and say why aren't YOU listening, God?  Of course, I know He is, but in my human-ness, I want to see and feel some results.

I'm really sorry to be such a downer.  I'm getting to the point that I don't even want to be around me.   I've always been "the eternal optimist" so I know that as soon as Beth feels better, I will be fine.  It's not an easy road.  This is the hardest time I have endured in my life so far.

Hey there, Anthony!  I've missed you!  Good to see you back.

Etta Sue, thanks for your encouraging email.  We will get there, I know, just don't know how long it's going to take us.

Thanks for the encouragement, Al.  I hope Marbeth gets along well, and thet you both get to attend that special grandkid's graduation.  Those are wonderful milestones in their lives.

I need to wrap a gift I have for my Ullysses Pat's birthday, plan to take her to lunch later.

Janet, speaking for myself...you are NOT a downer! I know I haven't posted a lot of encourageing thoughts...I prefer to go straight to the Man In Charge. Rest assured you have had lot's of prayer.

We love you sister, this too shall pass.

I went to the Senior Center for my Tai Chi class and the class has been cancelled for today due to the firefighters taking over the Hall. o Tai Chi for me this week, I missed  Monday  taking Jan tot he eye doctor. Friday it is a 10AM and I have to be at work at 9:30.

Janet I pray for you and Beth every day. I am so sorry to hear the the Nursing home mislead you so badly.

Pat I hope you are feeling better.

Well since I am home I will put up my living/office room curtains.

Later.

God tries our faith so that we may try His faitfulness.

Just passing through as today is laundry, packing and preparing for an early morning to go to Grand Rapids again.  

And the lady called today to say that she has decided to continue the speech therapy in Bloomington and asked if I would be available on Wednesday's also.  Lots of driving.  Thank God I love to drive.

Janet ~ My heart goes out for you and prayer are going heavenward.  

Janet, I just can't put my knowing around the latest details about the nursing home and Beth!!  Why could it be so different than what you expected??
I can't feel that this is the end of this.  I understand about your faith, honey...it's being sorely tested about now.   I know we'll all keep praying.  I know you must feel so deceived by the turn around of events.   We don't understand, but God does.

My heart just breaks for you, Janet.

And in my heart, also,  I believe there is more...something.  I'm praying!!

You are never a downer.  If you can't share your deepest feelings and your pain here, what would be the reason this place existed?  We are brothers and sisters in Christ.  When one hurts, we all hurt.  we love you, honey.  God loves you, and Beth, even more.  He understands your heart.

Janet My heart goes out to you.. Oh dear Lord, Hear the supplication of your daugher.  She is hurting and crying.  Lift her up let her feel your hands under her.

Janet we are praying.

I received this from a friend out in Edmonton.  Have fun.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/

Thinking of you, Janet.

Well, the other news I have today is that I'm just home from the vet and Geordie is pretty well all better.  I will know for sure in 10 days when the culture test of his urine comes back but the vet feels that he's just fine.

We went up to the grave after and he so enjoyed his run around there.

Hi everyone.

First of all Janet, if I were there with you I would also cry with you and, if you didn't mind, give you a big hug as beyond praying for your situation that is about all we can here for a friend.  I am glad you feel you can share your feelings here.  I read somewhere that God doesn't hold it against us when our feeling overwhelm us and we don't understand why things are happending as they are.  I  know your mental anguish is tremendous and your feelings of anger let us as humans express our frustrations, as do the tears.  

Al, hope the tests for your wife turn out to show no serious problems.  I also hope you will be able to attend your grandchilds graduation as sure that would help make a special day even more memorable to have you both there.

Anthony, it was good to see your post today and, you are right, it has been a long time.  Don't be a stranger.  We have some new friends here as well as some of us who are still here about everyday.

Pat, the poem in your devotional today seems particularly appropriate for the situation that Beth and Janet and Darrel are facing at this time.  

The cable serviceman was here around noon and hopefully has fixed my Internet problems.  The signal was weak from the line running into this room and the connections were poor.  He replaced those and also took this line out of the splitter box on the outside of the house so the signal for the Internet is not going through the same splitter as the cable TV.  So far so good.  Now I will have to run a cable for my TV card in my computer from Pat's office.  She doesn't have a TV in there anymore and doesn't want one so I will be able to use that line.  We already have a hole through the walls between our room but ill probably have to make them a little bigger for the end of the connection to fit thru.  It fits along a wall and is totally out of the way behind furniture.  That is the way we have the telephone line setup.  So far my telephone seems to be working as well.  I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Tonight is choir practice.  We are winding down to our month off in July and have only about 4 anthems to practice so it should be a fairly shot practice.  It has been shortened the last two weeks.

Good to see everyone posting.  That is good news about Geordie, Pat, sure you are relieved.

Pat:  The verse at the beginning of devotions said it all....we are not always in green pastures.  sometimes we are in a swamp surrounded by alligators.  

Janet:  You can find so much support here on CP and it is lovely.

Everyone:  I encourage each of you to take the time to "listen closely" to what is being written here.  There are many who drop little hints of what is happening in their lives and sometimes are not noticed or should I say, noted by only a few.  

My prayer is always "Lord, help me listen"

Carol

Carol you are so right about "listening".  I try to listen between the lines.

Larry I hope your changes really make a BIG difference to you.  Good that the hole in the wall is already there, enlarging it shouldn't be too big of a problem should it?

Pat the girls are jumping for joy that Geordie is well

I hope you try the url I posted, it is interesting to see how our preception is off.  If it is off in these little ways, how must our preception be off with others?

We are out tonight, Melaura has youth so it will be a late night.

Praying for the needs here both spoken and unspoken.

Thank you all for the welcome back. 

I am sorry that Beth is having such difficulties Janet.  Your trust in God through all of the tough times that you have passed through has been an encouragement to us all and I am glad that so many people are praying for you through this extremely perplexing trial. 


God continue to richly bless you and yours dear Janet.

Good night and God bless to all on C.P.

Anthony.

Hang in there, Janet.  We're thinking of you and praying that things go better soon.

Bernard

Carol, you are right.  Sometimes we can't see others' pain because of the fog caused by our own.  I promise to do better.  How is your ankle?  And how are those lively grandkids?

Thank you all AGAIN for your encouragement and prayers.  I believe they are bearing fruit.  Dr. Plumlee's nurse called today to ask me to meet him at the care home.  A very kind nurse from the hospital had called him and told him Beth just wasn't being treated right, and he wanted to meet with me, then he met with the administrator at the Care Home.

A few minutes ago, Debbie (his nurse) called me again to report that Dr. Plumlee had issued orders that for Beth's health, she is to be allowed to have her dog, and that if they don't have a policy, they need to write one, and he wants a copy of it!  He also ordered a larger room for Beth..........so now we will see what happens!  God bless that man.  He is so caring and compassionate; he had tears in his eyes while he was talking to me.  Not many doctors are that involved with their patients.

Larry, for sure I would like that big hug from you.  Sometimes a hug says more than all the words in the world..........

Thanks, Anthony.  How is your Mom?

Another very emotional day, and I'm worn out again.  Beth asked me today, in tears, of course---"Why didn't you fight for me?"    I told her if she continues to make me cry every time I see her, I don't know how we will get through this. 

I simply MUST get some vacuuming done! 

you guys---all of you. 

Thanks for the devotional, Pat.  I sent you an e-mail yest. and since no reply, guess you do not want anything done about the missing links....

Cold and rain again today.  Went to town with Wendy as it is the day for her physio.  She has to have help with groceries or any parcels, etc.  Must be very hard for her to have a 70+ mother doing her lifting and fetching, opening doors, wallking faster than she can in her forties.  Wendy never complains and is grateful for all help received....never fails to say thank you!  Her courage is amazing and the ability to laugh despite constant pain....that can only come from God.

Janet, you are a wonderful mother and possibly it is time for Beth to count her many blessings and determine to make the very best of what her life is now.  I have always faced reality and passed that along....She has a dr. who cares, a family who cares and a God who will always be true.  Life is simply not perfect and is rarely fair.  Could be she needs to take a deep breathe, accept that she is in a warm, dry bldg. with people to care for her, family to visit her, and an opportunity to even help those less fortunate and probably much older and lonely.

There now, everyone is going to say, that Liz.  She is so insensitive..that is why I will continue to pray for Beth to start thinking about you and fighting to make a new life with what God has provided.

Why must I bear this pain? I cannot tell;
I only know my Lord does all things well.
And so I trust in God, my all in all,
For He will bring me through, whate'er befall.  —Smith

God tries our faith so that we may try His faithfulness.

                                 

God Bless,

Liz

Hi all y-all. I have been so busy since I got home from work. I made the big Macaroni salad for the supper at the church on Friday night. It is a surprise birthday party for my friend Willa her 80th birthday and a surprise party. 150 have already RSVP'd, I had to get my canner down and mix it in there.

I finally got all my curtains up and I like the way they look.

At Bible Study tonight we are starting another John Bevere video study called "Hearts Ablaze".

Liz I do pray for Wendy and you daily along with Beth,  Janet and Darrel among others here at CP. I even prayed for Geordie.

TTYL

While I've not posted a lot, I've been reading almost daily. Much love to you, Janet. And to all of our posters.

Ruth Ann

This quote from Charles Spurgeon got me to thinking: "When you can't trace God's hand, you can trust God's heart."

If it were possible to pass under a light, such as as an ultra-violet light,  you might see the outline of God's hand, palm on your forehead, such as when receiving a blessing. 

Or perhaps on your back, fingers pointing down, as He gives you a gentle nudge towards something you are balking at doing. 

Or perhaps flatly across your chest, fingers pointing up, when you are making a move in the wrong direction. 

Funny thing..... I also thought of seeing His hand prints around my ankles as I dragged Him along in spite of the hand across my chest.

You think about that....I just did.

The advice from Liz is the absolute, best encouragement I have read for Janet and Beth so far.  Read it, chew on it, read it again, and thank God for Liz .

In His Grip,
Kevin

Quote from: Liz on May 24, 2006, 07:11:38 PM

Janet, you are a wonderful mother and possibly it is time for Beth to count her many blessings and determine to make the very best of what her life is now.  I have always faced reality and passed that along....She has a dr. who cares, a family who cares and a God who will always be true.  Life is simply not perfect and is rarely fair.  Could be she needs to take a deep breathe, accept that she is in a warm, dry bldg. with people to care for her, family to visit her, and an opportunity to even help those less fortunate and probably much older and lonely.


Why must I bear this pain? I cannot tell;
I only know my Lord does all things well.
And so I trust in God, my all in all,
For He will bring me through, whate'er befall.  —Smith

God tries our faith so that we may try His faithfulness.

                                 

God Bless,

Liz

Dearest all,

  It has too been a long time for me to  see you all here, there are so many who are going through these trials that with out the Lord none of us would be sane.

I got some very concerning news regarding my  DARLING DAUGHTER, I do not feel I can even  say what they have said ; for fear to confess anything until we see another doctor and have the test run again,  I am so sorry to bother you with this as I said I see you all suffering so but, please pray for Audra, I only have 1 child( her) and she has 2 young babies who need her and a wonderful husband who loves her sooo.

We will be going to the doctors tomorrow at 10:30 and than wait tell we get back the reports before we will know what to do and what is going on inside of her.

Janet, you are so strong as I read your letters I know you are feeling so much, I too am always praying for you and Beth.

Al, thinking of you and you wife, God bless you.

Marilyn, HELLO!!

May God bless and keep you all this night , Alma

Yes, I know it is early.  Rainstorm outside and I have to be up early in the morning so I can leave and get Walter to his appointment on time at Grand Rapids.

Ya'all have a great Thursday and Friday.

Ya'all can continue posting here.

I hope I don't bonk anyone!!