Thinking of you Pam, and hope that you're feeling well.
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Hi Pam, I was just going through some of the Come for Tea posts, and realize I haven't seen you online here for a while... I hope your feeling well, and having a good first day of summer. Please come back to tea with us!
Helen
HE IS RISEN!
Greetings to you Pam on Easter Sunday. I hope there is a tangible sense of triumph in your world today.
Every blessing,
Roderick!
Good morrning Pam,
A beautiful story. I have often thought that to face a debilitating disease without faith must be horrendous. I guess each person draws on whatever strength their world view gives them; but I am so grateful for the confidence that the Lord is with me. You have also mentioned the contact you have with church people who write to you and so on; what a blessing it is to have a community of faith also.
Blessings! Hope you are doing well.
R.Pam,
I just ran across one of your replies and noticed that you said you had bulbar onset. My MIL has been diagnosed with bulbar recently although she has had the slurred speech and difficulty eating/swallowing for about 8 months now. She, too, is a woman of strong faith and has (what seems to be) an unshakable belief in the God's Will.
I am worried about her mental state over the next few months as she comes to grips with her diagnosis.
Can you give me some hints to keep her as positive as you are?
That's not rambling Pam!
I just love the faith that shines in your words... "God would never take something away that He didn't replace with something more beautiful". When you write you are so positive, and yet it is not the positivity that people reccomend all the time with phrases such as "look on the bright side" or "Just keep smiling", which I always think are rather bleak and innefectual in a way. Your voice has a positive quality that is spiritual and grounded in a hope that is deep and stems - I think - from real encounters with the Spirit of God.
Your words nourish my soul. I hope that you are well and filled with a sense of grace and purpose.
Roderick.
Hello Pam,
Nice to hear from you again! "normal time" is a great gift to offer I should think; and your spirituality doesnt seem to have suffered at all in not being at church. i feel for you though, church life is vital to me and I would hate to loose it. but, as in all things that we loose, I can immagine that He provides abundant grace to bear the loss. I have just been re-reading your post on "Positives", and I so admire the way you write. there is confidence and grace in your words. I hope that many others are able to hear or read your words; and most importantly of all I hope and pray that they are a heritage for your family. I dont mean just as the sort of fond memories that we cherish of those who went before us, almost any memory gains a certain glow in that circumstance; I am thinking more about the profound example of faith that you are living and speaking.
Blessings Pam, the peace of Christ be with you also!
Roderick.
Hello pjm220! I see you joined the site in November, but I don't think I have come accross you before now. I wanted to say how much I enjoyed your post on the "Positives" thread. Another member here once wrote that 'this disease gives more than it takes'. I find your words both positive and faith filled; and unbeatable combination I think. Thank you, hope to hear more from you.
Blessings,
Roderick.
Happy Birthday
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