I wanted to make Tina’s birthday and her party completely about her. I felt we all needed a reprieve from ALS. I wish that Tina and could enjoy a true reprieve.
When we were pastoring, a lovely man in one of our churches use to say,”Life is hard and then you die.” As a young mom with two sweet children and a wonderful husband, I thought that was a pretty negative statement. Then life happens..I have thought of Vern’s statement over the years. Life has thrown a lot along our way. Life hasn’t always been easy and many times seemed far from fair. I have tried to rise above the negatives and have sometimes succeeded and sometimes have ended under the covers crying. Yesterday was one of the days that I needed the covers and Kleenexes. I wanted to be there for Tina’s birthday because we really don’t know how many more she will have.
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Tina has lost all muscle in her arms. She has lost over 25 pounds.
“The Lord replied, my precious Tina, I love you and I would never, never leave you during your times of trial and suffering. When you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.”
Perhaps Tina isn’t STEELE standing but rather STEELE being carried by Her Lord.
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