A Friday of God's Mercy

I felt like going back to last summer's pictures.

I got two cards in the mail;

one from my Aunt, encouraging me with her words and prayers

... including her very simple words:

We never know what changes will happen to us.. like having a fire...

But God is good and we have been saved from injuries.

I am so loved;

my Aunt praises God's goodness despite her house fire;

I remember my Great Aunt once talking about God's goodness

as well,

when speaking of the death of her sister's husband,

she herself having lost her husband years before.

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A friend sent me a card with a bit of money it it

with the words

Merry Christmas.

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The hair dresser gave me a super good haircut

and a significant discount,

reassuring me that my haircut would be professional...

I am slowly sleeping better,

a bit each night.

My forehead still has red burn like marks.

I have enough vanity in me to mind

and am going to see about some sort of

make up / foundation.

(Suggestions welcome! I am all about networking : ) ).

But this is only a smallish concern

and I am grateful to God

that I am healing so well.

I leave you with a quote that my Aunt wrote me

today in her card,

from the Protestant small-papered devotional

"Our Daily Bread"

Command to Love:

Love is an attitude

love is a prayer,

for someone in sorrow, a heart in despair

Love is good will for the gain of another

Love suffers long with the fault of a brother.

I can hear her voice reading this

rhymed truth.

God is bringing me this love

and I am so grateful.