My Friends in the Hospital

Matthew 25:36 I was sick, and ye visited me

After the Friday morning Bible Study at A/T, I met another friend and we did some hospital visitation today. It was a joy to see our friend from church, Dee, as she is recuperating from surgery on Wednesday. There was a chance that she had cancer and we all rejoiced and praised God that it wasn't! Dee is a lovely wife and the mother of five children: high schoolers down to 2 years old. She is a lovely Christian woman and it was truly a blessing to visit with her today. She is set to be discharged on Saturday and we thank God for the healing He is doing in her body.

Our second visit was with a dear friend, Angie, who suffered a stroke last week. Angie is approximately 82 years old and was planning a trip to the French Riviera when she was struck down by her stroke. She is unable to communicate but is making some tiny improvement as far as being able to squeeze your hand on command. She is such an active and adventuresome Christian woman, and it was difficult seeing her in that shape today. She will be getting a feeding peg put in her stomach on Monday and later next week, she will be discharged to a nursing home. My heart goes out to Angie's daughter, Ronda, as she and her brothers make these difficult decisions regarding their lovely mother. We remain in prayer for God's will to be accomplished in Angie's life.

It was such a joy to make those visits with my friend Dorothy today. We enjoyed a late lunch at Olive Garden; and when I took her home, I got my first tour of her's and Dan's brand new home. It is so very lovely. They built next door to their son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandkids so I KNOW how full her heart is with God's blessings.