Rose, Luke and Berna doing the shark song that is familiar from our TEC years. They made grandma happy and smile which is good medicine these days! The song starts with baby sharks, momma sharks, daddy sharks, grandma and grandpa sharks...
The beautiful paper chains of cheer were the hard work of "the art factory" which David was in charge of! So much work and they were each unique and beautiful. Mary added a goat to each 5th one... she is currently enraptured with goats!
Getting back to KC turned out to be a big challenge for Nancy and Bill with a blizzard between here and KC. They started out early afternoon on Sunday, had to pull off and get a hotel due to the expressway being closed about 3 hours from KC, and finally got home today about an hour ago. "It was slow going, and we saw many cars and trucks in the ditch." So glad they are home safe!
Hallel called me last night to fill me in on her right knee. She will be having scope same day surgery tomorrow afternoon at 3p to sew her torn meniscus back together. She will then have to stay off her leg for 6 weeks! She has gotten a wheelchair and crutches in preparation for this time of recovery.
She shared that her ortho surgeon is the same surgeon for the Kansas City Chiefs! Through some connection with her Community of the Lamb... they got Hallel in with him. I feel very good about the job he will do for her. I guess they have come a long way from 50 years ago when I went downhill skiing for the only time in my life and tore my meniscus... they took it out and I was bone on bone since with pain and now 3 joint replacements. Being on crutches for 6 weeks to get back to knee health sounds good when you consider all that I have endured! A small scope will be inserted and then sewing it back together... home again by tomorrow night!
I am struggling to get this done today... Had to go out for lab check and realized how much that takes out of me. Trying to get a handle on my anxiety and nights yet.
I loved the readings today... the one from Revelations is about The Lamb! With Hallel and her Community of the Lamb now part of our family... Jesus, the Lamb slain for us is very powerful and REAL!
They were singing what seemed to be a new hymn before the throne,
before the four living creatures and the elders.
No one could learn this hymn except the hundred and forty-four thousand
who had been ransomed from the earth.
These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
They have been ransomed as the first fruits
of the human race for God and the Lamb.
On their lips no deceit has been found; they are unblemished.
Revelations 14
All very mysterious indeed is the vision of the Lamb... all I know is that I want to be one of those that follow the Lamb wherever he goes! For me now that means joining in the suffering of the Lamb and how I long to live out this motto of The Community of the Lamb..."Wounded, I will not cease to love." I admit that I have failed to be cheerful when i am feeling less than happy and hurting and sick and tired of being sick and tired, and anxious, and exhausted. Yes, even then we are called to be loving and forgiving and positive and look out rather than inward.
Lord, help me to do better. Jesus, I trust in you. Bless-bless, Barb
True indeed!
St Clare speaking my language today!
Yesterday... got to 8a mass... it was rough on my couch listening to the words and responding. Jesus, King of the Universe!!! May I do better at following your example and loving without counting the cost!
Happy Feast of Christ the King!!
Isn't it comforting to know that *this* is not our home? We are working towards the kingdom of Heaven!
How do you celebrate today's feast?
No comments:
Post a Comment