"I will remember the works of the Lord; surely I will remember YOur wonders of old. As a result, a renewal of trust and hope to God. As we continue to read in verse 14, "YOu are the God who does wonders, You have declared Your strength among the peoples." Crisi's Quote
That is great, Crisi!
In review that past year has been a good one in many ways. There were some tough times, in which I got caught in the cross fire between some of our kids who were fighting with each other, and then I caught the brunt of that. Things got bad in that regard, but then things are getting better also, so I/we are thankful! We started the year 2012 helping our daughter who was nearly and literally beaten to death, with the intent to kill, and the guy is in Federal Prison for a very long time as a result of that. Carol's brother from Guimaras Island, by Iloilo, died last April, which was sad, but he came to the Lord and made his peace with God before that. Carol's sister died, but she was old and very sick, not even in her right mind, and suffering, so the fact that she died was a blessing. Then my nephew from North of Manila came home for a short visit, and died. We have had our share of deaths for a while. From April 15th until August 7th, I worked harder than anyone should have to work, but then I was getting my cellar dug, and I did finish it after working on it 3 different years, a short time two different summers, and a long time this last summer. We got water running in our house the cellar walls built with concrete blocks, a 4 foot wall built around the house to protect the under side of the house from cold, freezing winds, and my bathroom is on its way to being redone. With healing from prostate biopsy, and needing not to strain myself because of that, and the cold severe winter weather with hard winds and drifting snow I have not been doing much other than doing this and playing the piano. Of course I have found it necessary to shovel the snow away from Scooby's yard 2 times so far, and our daughter shoveled it once while we were gone down the hill to our youngest daughter and her daughters' place, and so there are some things you have to do, and I am thankful that the Lord has given me strength, and kept me safe for doing the things that have been necessary. Also by faith I am going to say that I don't have cancer, and I am expecting the prostate biopsy results to show that. The weather kept me from getting to see the doctor when I was supposed to, but I am to see him a week from this coming Friday.
A person who was a supervior in a saw mill where I worked, who was also a Christian, said that we take the good with the bad, and we forget the bad and call it all good! That seems like a good motto!
