This month...

April Glory...

Buds on the trees!

 Our Tuesday night Ladies Supper group!

 The puppies needed coats because we cut their hair so short and then it got cold!

 I attended my cousin's son's Kiwanis Music recital where he got first place!

 One of the gorgeous gals who lives in this house and makes my life richer

 An early birthday celebration with a dear friend.

 Good bye party for Marc and Joey who are going to Mexico and then Australia!

 Five of the Gagnon Gang

My dear friend who made me a special Easter Cake!

One of my cute students wore these sweet stripey socks with her short velour pants and it just made me so happy!

Perseverance Required

The prophet Daniel warns of a time when Satan will "wear down the saints of the Highest One" (Dan. 7:25). How this occurs in the final hours of the age remains to be seen, but this battle is already occurring today. The final effect of what seems like never-ending delays is that believers are worn out. (Francis Frangipane)

I was encouraged when I landed upon an article containing these thoughts the other night. Because the article went on to say that the word PERSEVERANCE is mentioned so often in Revelation because that is what we need to get through all of these challenging, wearying and difficult times that we face here in "the battle that is not against flesh and blood..."

I feel the pressure of the enemy to wear me down through the battle of the mind and the discouraging thoughts that want to crush me into a place of despair and by the physical strain of a body that is challenged with pain and disability.

BUT, there is good news. HE, YAWEH, the GREAT I AM, has never left my side.

He watches and amazingly enough, Jesus prays for me as I push on through the attacks and weariness that results from so many years of struggle. And He provides EVERYTHING I need for a life of Godliness and overcoming.

So as I awoke to more mind lashings from the enemy's camp I was tempted to despair and dragged myself out of bed to push through another day of not feeling "enough" and sensing that I was displeasing to God on top of everything else. Why pray if I am not walking in adequate "holiness"?

And so, enough light shone into the arena of my mind that I recognized God's provision sitting right before me in school as I chatted with my precious co-worker. I simply asked for prayer and received it. Sweet, anointed, covering and encouraging prayer. And I rolled away from the school into the sunshine and felt lighter somehow.


While shopping for supper groceries I happened upon a dear friend who had just returned from a spiritual refreshing retreat in Kansas and once again I recognized God's provision, in the flesh right before me! Soon we were out beside my car and I was once again getting washed with life-giving, regenerating prayer that buoyed me even further along and I drove away singing "When the enemy presses in hard do not fear, the battle belongs to the Lord..."


Yes, the battle belongs to the Lord.
I give it back to Him as I am too weary to carry this thing alone.
And I have felt very alone in this.

Unable to access the lawyer to do this job for me because I want to walk in integrity and having another person unwilling to step into the battle with me in his desire to keep at a safe distance.

So Lord, I am asking for divine intervention and am releasing your power into my situation by faith.

I am asking to retain my inheritance and to be blessed with whatever You have for me for my provision.

With thanksgiving I ask.

For you are my Warrior and Shield and Defender.

My King and my Friend, My Savior and Redeemer.


Zechariah 9:12  "Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you."

I'll take that - it sounds good to me!!

this world...

this world is not my home
i'm just a passin' through
if heaven's not my home
then LORD, what will i do?
the angels beckon me from heaven's open door
and i can't be at home in this world any more.

until that day of beckoning, i struggle on.

as usual, i am so reminded of how unfit i am for this planet when i travel.
and as hard as i try to find up to date, accessible hotels,
inevitably there is some sort of complication.
this time the toilet is very low and the bed was unbelievably high.
pole vault worthy...

so.... they lowered the bed for me.
low, lower, lowest.   haha.

the shower looked so doable and inviting
even had a padded seat at just the right height!!





















BUT my body is not so able
So dis-abled, really.
the shower was an exercise in balance and fear

transfers are freaking scary and by the time i had used the washroom, showered and got back into bed i felt like i had done a triathlon.
and i was afraid to get out of bed again because of how hard it is to get in!

i know i sound whiny, but this is serious business!

my whole life and all my energies revolve around the simplest movements.
but thankfully i know there is a higher purpose for my life
i am here to worship
to enjoy God
to try to forget myself in this process and expend my life in loving others
(if i can possibly get myself out of the room in one piece to go and do that loving- ha!)

anyways, other than the aforementioned trials, this wee holiday has been a success.
the dear daughter and i are both getting treatments to combat anxiety and according to the most recent tests done, i now have 0/3 indicators for depression, down from 2/3.
my experience these last two years would verify that.
now to get more work done on my busy, busy brain.
bringing balance and calm to an otherwise stormy little port!

 We met up with our sweet friend Lana and had supper with her at an Irish pub!

And, amazingly enough I bumped into my nephew at Starbucks and he lives just down the street from our Dr.'s office so we checked out his fancy - dancy apartment and had lunch together.

The streets of Vancouver are so very pretty in the Spring!

The trip home was snowy, but Patrice drove the whole way and was an excellent chauffeur!