Life Changing Minutes....

Wow.. time has passed so quickly.. since I last wrote we have experienced many "life changing minutes".. let's see.. Dick and celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary and were treated to a wonderful surprise at the end of a nice dinner.. our terrific kids had called ahead and picked up the bill! Two days after that same said man turned 52... celebrated by moving our daughter's things out of our house and into her new one and then a wonderful dinner with just the family at our older daughter and son in law's. Grown children are such a unique blessing!

Then life really took a turn.. a week ago Sunday we got that phone call that no one wants.. our nephew was in a horrible car accident where his friend passed away and he is still in a life threatening coma... life as you know it stops. Thankfully God has sustained him and the rest of the family and now we continue to pray specifically for major hurdles so that he can come back to us. 5 days later we entered into the wedding mania.. the joy of two wonderful people who have waited and worked so hard to be together..we had the rehearsal and then a beautiful wedding day..all complete with no rain!!! The joy was overwhelming even amongst the heavy hearts of knowing part of us was missing in that hospital room. We took refuge in "rejoicing with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn".

One day after that we get another one of those calls.. one of our friends and co worker's father was visiting and suffered a fatal heart attack.. right in their home ..life changing minute..

oh.. I forgot.. in the middle of that I saw the much awaited surgeon who told me he still didn't feel "comfortable" doing the surgery on my back.. so more extensive testing will be done in a week.. I wish I could feel comfortable at all !

All that to say... our minutes.. they can change the course of our life with a phone call, a celebration, a doctor's visit...without an anchor.. a steady anchor. I am so thankful that like the old song says.. though I don't know what the future holds I do know Who holds my future!! Along with the One who holds my future I'm blessed to have people who surround me that are willing to row the boat when I'm too weary.. others may want for silver and gold.. but for me this combination is priceless...