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Greetings from Austin Street
Happy Friday! TGIF…Today God is
First! I really like that saying.
I spent the morning putting together a
resume for a job interview. The job is not available for about a month as yet.
I am asking for your prayers as I prepare for the interview and the potential
employment that for which I am qualified and will meet the schedule I currently
have to follow. Also a wonderful nurse
friend of mine reminded me that headaches and vision issues could be caused by
blood pressure problems. Bruce takes BP medication. She suggested that I begin
to monitor Bruce’s blood pressure at home. I should have thought of that
myself. I will begin monitoring at home.
“By
day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God
of my life.”
Psalm 42:
8
A dear gentleman paid a call on me
today. He lost his sweet wife seven months ago to complications from a stroke.
He feels a kindred spirit with me and frequently asks about how Bruce and I are
doing. His feelings are still very tender. He shared with me that there are
those who say, “It’s been seven months. Just get over it.” He had his wife were married probably for 60
years or more. You don’t get over a relationship that has lasted a lifetime in
a matter of months. It has been almost five years since our beloved Casey died.
As we shared these moments of painful grief and loss we agreed that you can’t
step over, or go around your losses. You get through them. The love of God directs itself in the holes
in our souls and shares our grief. I
have the fullest of confidence that Bruce will regain his speech and language
abilities, but the truth is I will not have the Bruce of July 15 ever again. I
miss that Bruce. This is a different
grief and a loss that I am experiencing. The good news is that the Holy Spirit
is the Spirit of life. I am blessed to get to experience this new life in Bruce
because of God’s unfailing grace and the Spirit of life that we have been
granted. When the Holy Spirit enters and
fills us with life we are empowered by the unfailing Presence of the living God
to live abundantly and to live life at its fullest. God is good and love wins.
Take joy in the journey remembering
that hope does not disappoint. Wear comfortable shoes, pray with a heart filled
with gratitude, let us cast our cares upon the LORD and get some sleep. God is
up all night anyway so there is no reason for all of us to be awake. Love you
all, Bruce and Gaylene
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