"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no
law." ~Galatians 5:22 - 23~

Happy Mother's Day!!!

A special mothers day shout out to: Valerie, Ronalyn, Tosha (happy belated bday), Renae, Adrienne and Lu.:)

I went home to CT over the weekend to spend time with my mother and family for Mother's Day. I hadn't seem my mom in over a month since she just returned from Dominican Republic. I was so excited to see her. When I walked in the door she was right there infront of me. I thought to myself, "she's so skinny." I reached over hugged her as I usually do, but this time i didnt want to let her go. We spoke for a minute, but the whole time she spoke, I was starring at her. Her hair was so short now. She had a great tan, but it didn't hide how her eyes
had a slight sunken look to them. I then excused myself to go say hi to my sister. I went in the room and she says, "Did you see how skinny mom is?" I looked at her and then just looked up at the ceiling. My sister being so strong and a nurse, says, "Don't do it, don't cry." So i didn't. I knew that my mom's disease (thyroid's grave disease) had been acting up while she was gone and that her symptoms were coming back. But looking at her, I could see that it was eating away at her.

Despite the impact of seeing my mom, we (my mom, sister, and I) had a GREAT weekend. we had sabbath lunch together,we went Shopping!! And then had Mother's day dinner together. I enjoyed every moment of it. I felt a little sad when I left. my sister is leaving for her trip to Florida and my mom will be staying alone for 4 days. So I felt that I should stay, but my mom being the strong mother that she is would have told me to go home and go to work. I know that my cousin will be stayin with her while my sister is away and I know that my aunt lives right next door. But i'm even more comforted by God's promises.
This morning as i read my devotional it stated, "God loves us and promises to see us through it all. God also promises us an eternity in bliss. This realization should give us joy and peace that will enable us to better endure whatever difficult circumstances we find ourselves in now." How true this is. That we as Christians don't have that same type of worry when things happen as the world does. Although i was saddened and frightened, I did pray and I was certain that God is going to take care of my mom. I will not be troubled, instead i will stand on the promises of joy and peace. Not that it means that i will jumping up and down thru my moms recovery, but I know that inside I am happy knowing that there is a miracle worker who LOVEs us. That is what gives me peace to sleep at night.