Good Saturday to you from our corner of Iowa where the views are beautiful as Autumn show off.. It is a little warmer than usual right now but so many amazing colors on display. Again nature is giving us it's very best.
Speaking of very best, yesterday as we were eating lunch Joel pointed out the dining room deck door and asked if I could see the bird outside in the bush. It took me a little while to discover it but there it was, an amazingly beautiful male cardinal all decked out in it's red finery. They say Cardinals are messenger from God and I'm going to take comfort in that. This bird clung to that bush even though the winds were in the twenties moving it all around for at least the 10 minutes that we watched it, if not longer. Mr. Cardinal sometimes looked directly at us or so it seemed and I thanked the bird for sharing his beauty with us. Cardinals have always been my favorite bird. Always. This Cardinal encounter was a timely gift from God.
It was a stressful week....a bumpy ride. Tuesday I went to a medical appointment where I encountered God showing up. I shared that story on Facebook about the young woman who's battling stage 4 cancer with three recurrences so far. An ugly beast it is. Wednesday I saw the oncologist which was quite informational and at the same time overwhelming.She wants to refer me to Mayo Clinic regarding the eye and medication issue because they did find articles linking lack of hormones with glaucoma getting worse but is there a connection? The medication I was on takes the estrogen out of my body at a high level. So even though this is a possibility not a probability,,,,there it is. And my oncologist says this is outside her realm.......I dread going back to Mayo and going through tests and talking to doctors and just all of it. We have had so many emotions surface. I have longed for Heaven more than once. Heaven has looked good! BUT we have put this in God's hands and when I feel like I've had enough I just rest and keep telling him to take over. So now we wait for phone calls. And appointments - possibly. We are both working hard to stay in the "We have today" place and believing that God will guide this journey.
Friday Joel and I went on a little trip to just find some gourds and little pumpkins and also big pumpkins. First we stopped at the Dollar Tree for cards and then headed out to a market on the other side of town where most of their stuff was on sale. Then we came back to the local Lutheran Church it has a pumpkin patch this year. We also voted in between so that is done. It was wonderful to do something "normal". And now we are looking at many good fun fall pumpkins and gourds in the house and outside. Joel says they are "gourdgous".......Ha Thursday Joel went on a bike ride with members of the church. It was his normal route but it was so very windy. I think winds were sustained at 24 to 25 with wind gusts up to 35 that day. He did a slow ride with other members and they had a good time. He also has been doing some wordworking and yard work.
I'm reading a new audiobook which I really enjoy. I waited on a list for it for 2 months. It's called "At Home in Medford by Jan Karen and I think I mentioned it last week. The book is 19 hours of listening and I only get 2 weeks to have it so I'm keeping busy taking it with me everywhere in the house! I do have the book here on my bookshelf if I run out of time. I've done some walking I baked cookies for Joel and I made quick bread for myself this week. The last surgery was 3 + weeks ago so I'm much better!
This book, this Father Tim series really warms my heart and calms my soul. When I read it years ago I wished for a town that size where you ran into people you know, a place filled with characters bigger than life. The quiet theme throughout is based on prayer and God hearing our prayers. It is an amaziing series and I am so grateful I "found" it again. Dont we all need the foundation of faith to be fueled by prayer! Trusting God. Communication with Him. EVEN and ESPECIALLY when we don't understand God's plans.
So this is where I am leaving Saturday's Scribbles today. Sitting in God's presence as we exprience His mysterious ways. Gratful for all the Fall colors, smells, and sounds. Grateful for the Cardinal showing up at lunchtime and showing us how he could hang on while the winds were knocking him around. A messenger with a message from God. Grateful. Grateful to vote. Grateful for a normal fun adventure to find pumpkins and gourds. Grateful for baking smells. Grateful for God connecting me with the young woman on Tuesday who is fighting for her life....our promises to pray for each other. Grateful for the cancer nurse who told me God must have a reason for me to still be here...... Grateful for all the phone calls, texts, emails. prayers. And so much more..........
Enjoy your weekend!
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