In the Presence of Jehovah

"In and out of situations, the tug of war had me.
All day long I struggled, for answers that I need.
Then I come into his presence and all my questions become clear.
And for that sacred moment, all doubts have disappeared.

In the presence of Jehovah, God almighty, King of Kings.
Troubles vanish, hearts are mended.
In the Presence of the King."

This song has been going over and over in my mind. Rachel Carlson Isbell used to sing it at our church where we pastored in Savannah, TN. I heard it recently on a tape. Anyhow, His presence does make a difference. I feel so weary even in the spiritual sense, and only God can renew me.

Well, not many parents I know count the number of times their child urinates in a 24 hr. period, but this momma does. Sunday and Monday it was only once in 24 hrs. Today it was 3 times, and I praise the Lord. Preston had a better day today. He did take a nap this afternoon, but not as long, and was up and more alert today. But he has had tremors in both legs and he and I almost went down getting him to the bathroom. Not sure why the tremors have increased and the sleepiness, unless his shunt needs adjusting or something. The problem is, the neurosurgeon doesn't seem to know much about the neurological storms which is what causes the tremors. I guess we have to have a neurologist and the one Preston had in hospital was one we had had years back, and we know him, but he cannot take him on a regular basis because he is over 18. So! If this keeps up, I will have to ask the neurosurgeon to refer us to a neurologist. I just take one day at a time. He has been so sweet and patient this week. I love him so much; my firstborn, and only son, but I hate to keep seeing him suffer day after day, and struggling to do what is so easy for the rest of us to do. But God has left him here for a purpose. We will do our best for him as long as he is here.

Missie and I went to JC Park to meet Kelly and her children to play, and when we got there, they were not there, which we thought strange. So we called and found out that Brooke got her little hand slammed in the car of their vehicle and Kelly took her to ER to make sure it wasn't broken. Well, I ran by hospital and visited with them for a little while, and Missie and I went by a thrift store. We still had our 3 hrs. away, but we missed not being with friends. We are planning this again next week, and hoping it works out.

Our aide is done working with us on Oct. 26th, and I cannot get ahold of Columbia to see if they got Hannah's paperwork. I pray it works out for Hannah to be here by the time that Mildred is done. I cannot do it all alone. Even the 9 hrs./week that Mildred comes helps me so much. She goes ahead and finishes washing and drying the clothes and folds them and puts a lot of them away. She bathes and fixes breakfast for Preston, and washes dishes, sweeps floor, etc. I will miss her. She is very sweet. When I got home today, she was reading our SS quarterly! I was glad to see that. It might be her only exposure to holiness teaching.

I am very achy today; have ached quite badly all day, not sure why, so tonight is definately an "arthrotec" night (that is expensive meds. that I only take when I absolutely need it because even with insurance it is $50/bottle. But when I have bad flair ups like this, I take it and the next a.m. I usually feel more pain free.

Wanted to update everyone. Please continue to pray for us all.