We're mid-way through our week with Gramps and Gram. It has been a good but unusual visit. Grace is in a block class at the seminary each morning; on Tuesday night, Katherine had a sudden onset of a mysterious respiratory illness/allergy that even the doctors today couldn't diagnose; yesterday, Gramps had a second cauterization of his colon to try to fix some post-radiation damage; and last night, Gram developed a severe urinary tract infection. So far, Mom, Buddy, Grace, and I are fine! Dad couldn't join us for this trip, but he is also doing well (he has recovered from the calf muscle spasms that our running brought on :).
But that's all about health--we have had much more rewarding subjects of which to write about. I've had some time to sit both with Gramps and Gram and benefit from their fellowship. Gramps and I had some good discussion on Milton Vincent's book The Gospel Primer. The discipline of preaching the gospel to myself every day is something I want to cultivate. And to hear of practical out-workings from a godly man I respect so highly was very encouraging.
I am currently sitting near Gram who is resting on the family room couch. Her infection has wiped her physically, but her first comment after waking was, "I am so thankful for the hope of a new body." Only a Spirit-filled mind responds that way to such difficulties. We are listening to hymns--right now "Now Thank We All our God."
"The more we abide in the Lord on the other side, the less disappointed we will be here, for when we are there we import new joys and new hopes into this old world, from an entirely new one, and we therefore in every way surpass the inhabitants of this lost world." -J.B.S.
"Stand fast in the Lord" (Phil 4:7).
(I can't take credit for the incredible sky picture. Thanks, David Broughton.)
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