Something we are learning through this experience is live each moment as it unfolds. If John seems more fluent we give thanks, if he is struggling or in pain we remind ourselves it is just a bad day. We have had a few visitors today which has been lovely. We were visited by some friends whose little girl is poorly, we were touched that they travelled so far to encourage us, we are so blessed to belong to the universal Church where we can pray for one another. Alice listened to John read today, she said he was very good, John also tried the compu-blox computer programme,(Alex stayed around to tell him what to do) he was a little discouraged that he forgot the colours, he kept on going until the colours came back to him, but I think the effort tired him out for the rest of the day. John and Naomi made our Christmas pudding which was good for reading, sequencing and physical co-ordination. John and Alice played Jenga which is so good for both of them, Alice gets to play a game with Dad and John gets to again improve hand eye co-ordination in a fun way. John has been trying to read the paper this evening, he says he reads a sentence and then his concentration goes, nevertheless it was heartening to see him with the paper in his hands. Belonging to a family is such a blessing, I have been thinking about all the elderly people who have strokes and ahve no family to care for them it is so sad, to think of someone who feels lonely afraid and un loved.
God's Goodness by John
This evening was the last of our week of prayer. Each year we have this week at the start of the year at which one of the brethren will give a twenty minute word of encouragement. In the past I have always been one of those men who are able to speak and these have been very blessed times. Because of the Lord's dealings over these last weeks, this year I was unable to preach. It has been a tremendous time of great blessing to all who have attended and I have been humbled particularly by the love heard by God's people for His great thankfulness to us as my progress has been so meteoric. On Thursday Ben preached on 1 Corinthians 1 on the ways of God's ways compared to men's and it was particularly helpful. As we prepared to pray I asked if I might just speak for 5 minutes to our dear folk of what the Lord has done. In the afternoon we had a visit from the Occupational Therapy doctor. She was sent by my employer to assess my current position and likely work return d...
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