"Yes, He has humbled me and shown me what I am, revealing Himself as a present, a very present help in time of trouble.  And though He does not deprive me me of feeling in my trial, He enables me to sing, "Yet, I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.  Now I am happy in my Savior's love.  I can thank Him for all, even the most painful experiences of the past, and trust Him without fear for all that is to come."
  Hudson Taylor.

A dear friend this week told me "
how bootiful are the feet that bring good news."  I wrote this in my journal later on…. "Heaven really is a dream that is reality. I am learning the lesson of the weaned child.  I am learning to do without.  (Referring to the walking cast) What I once saw as I looked at my boot, ugliness, constriction, loss of freedom, pain, I now see as beauty, God's glory, strength, and stability.  Oh how when we see with Your eyes how our perspectives change.  In your fullness, you will fill all that is taken away and that is completely, mysteriously awesome!"