Hello Friends

It has been oh so long since I posted and I am grateful if you have not given up on returning to my blog. The past few weeks have been interesting and tiring. I returned to the doctor last Wednesday and we both agreed that my increased fatigue and other symptoms are due to one of the diseases resurfacing - one we hoped we might not have to deal with due to past treatments. So, new meds and a trip to the opthalmologist are in my future. In the meantime, we are anxiously awaiting the 27th when Michael goes to see a specialist for his Lyme condition. Please be in prayer for this visit, that Dr. Hamel will have great wisdom in discerning all that is going on with Michael's health.

Yesterday, I sat in church being very grateful that in the midst of a difficult season of life God continues to bless us with a sweet, God glorifying church body with whom we can worship and serve. As I listened to the sermon I also became aware of a dynamic that has laced this past year's journey. When I am physically weak from tiredness and sickness my heart is most sensitive to God's Spirit. I noticed that as Pastor Tim preached my heart felt more conviction, sympathy, love, gratitude, etc., etc., than when I am feeling physically strong. The words, "when I am weak, He is strong" came to my mind and I was so touched to understand in that very moment more of what that truth is like. Though I get frustrated when I am confronted with my current limitations, I must also say, "thank you, Lord" because He has chosen during this time to purge my heart of the subtle but still repulsive sin from which my heart needs to be set free. He truly is faithful in every way!!

Darla