Do you ever get to that point where you begin to think things are looking up and then BAM! Life whacks you upside the head once again with a plank!
Well that would be how my weekend went. It was kind of strange how it happened because late Thursday night at around 11:00 I got a call from my Dad. Now there are two reasons why this was strange. First off my Dad and I have certain topics that he will call me about, most of the time it would be a computer issue or an upcoming trip. But neither of them seemed to be an 11:00 conversation for him because most of the time Dad goes upstairs and gets ready for bed at around 9, maybe 10. So a call from Dad at 11:00 set my heart to racing, my mind went into the process that it had to be bad news. Well he was calling to tell me that he got an email that had to do with the phone plan that we had changed on Monday. Whew!
So Friday night in the early evening I get a call from Mom. Not thinking anything about it this time Mom has the bad news. My great Aunt Vera is not doing well. Colon Cancer. Now I know that she has been having issues for years, but it kind of put a damper on my entire weekend. In fact, I have felt in a funk ever since.
Luckily this weekend I'm going up to see her and to spend some time with that side of my Family. The thing about my Aunt Vera is that she has always been the one that has gone out of her way to make sure I knew what the love of a grandmother felt like. My Grandmother, her older sister passed away just a month before I was born. Aunt Vera was always there for me to the point where she made sure I was well taken care of in Academy. When there were long times between home leaves she'd have me come over for the weekend, even through she lived right across the street. She has always shown me the love that I know my Grandmother would have shown me.
As I've though over this weekend, I remembered back to the good times when I was a kid and we spent summers at the shore. I remembered the years of her always being active and "spunky" as I always put it. My mom talked to her over the weekend and she said she still has that spunk in her voice. That made me smile!
No matter what Satan throws at us, he can't take away that "spunk!"
The group Casting Crowns has a song called "Praise you in the Storm"
The Chorus says:
I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm
Lord,
Be with my family today as we rally around my Aunt Vera. Help us to be uplifting to her and to be able to show her Your love as she has shown us our entire lives. Please help her pain to be easy. You are in control of our lives.
Brie!
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I'm keeping you and your family in my prayers buddy. :)
The words of that song (Praise you in the storm) brought me to tears during a little praise moment I had earlier today. I have been going through a tough moment also but the reason for that song (Jesus) has helped me through. May God's grace be felt in your family even at this difficult time, may you be comforted and blessed by your praise even in the storm. The word says that when the praises go up, the blessings come down! May your praise in this storm bring forth blessings more than you and your family have ever seen! You and yours are in my prayers dear friend.
From my heart, to yours,
Akhenaton
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