I have totally lost track of time. This week has been tough to deal with but God has continued to bless us. I told you Tuesday that my daughter Lisa was in the hospital and we didn’t really have any diagnosis for what was wrong with her or treatment plan, or the severity of her problem. Well the picture is a little more clear now. She has a severe obstruction of her colon and surgery is going to be required; — but they can’t do it until next Tuesday due to scheduling and the 4th of July holiday. They have gotten her past the “emergency surgery” stage and have her comfortable and she is satisfied with that. The surgery is very complicated so they want be very sure they are getting it right. In the meantime, she is getting some good rest now that the pain is managed. She is far from being out of the water —- but at least she can see the shore and can swim. Thank you to those who have been offering prayers for her and I ask you to continue to do so a while longer. 

Meanwhile, Ms. Kate and I carry on about our daily stuff while we worry and wonder. It’s hard when you can’t be there and worry in person. I wonder how many times I have preached that worry solves nothing and I know it is true. I wonder how many times I have preached “Just turn it over to God and let God handle it.” And yes, I fully realize that God has this whole thing in his hand and there is nothing that will improve Lisa’s health by my worrying about it —- but. There is that word —- “but”. It’s a “faith shaker” word isn’t it? It tests our patience; and maybe that is the real issue. We get impatient that God hasn’t “fixed it” on our time-line. 

We bought our first fresh corn on the cob yesterday at a local farm stand. I’m looking forward to having that and especially the cantaloupe that we also bought. The smell of that cantaloupe flooded the car as we were driving along. We also picked up some zucchini and some yellow squash. I have a nice Blackstone griddle and I think we’ll do some Tepanyaki grilling this weekend on that. I’ll grab my spatulas and do the clangy clangy thing and look cool. Okay, maybe I’ll just look like I making too much noise. LOL

I have to go out and pick up a dove off of my back porch. I heard a bird hit the window really hard yesterday  and saw it this morning. Poor thing, no doubt death was instant though as hard as it hit that window. 

Time to go take care of the bird and then go do a little bit of grocery shopping and go by the bank. I pray the rest of your week will be filled with joy. Peace.