Thoughts

I've written on the Eagle's Wings blog to keep everyone updated on Dan's health, but I had a few personal insights lately, so thought I'd come back here.

Why is it that if you speak to me and I have my glasses off, I hear you but can't understand you?! Since when do I need to see in order to hear? That happens to me every night at the hospital with Dan. His voice is coming back but is still soft, so when he calls me during the night, I always have to tell him wait a minute until I get my glasses on, then for some reason I can hear and understand what he's saying. Weird. There must be some spiritual truth in this. Maybe I need to be focusing on God clearly, spending time "seeing" him in his word, then I can understand clearly what he tells me. Maybe that's stretching it. Anyway, after I spend time with Dan and then return to "bed" (the chair that folds into a bed), I find myself thinking about God and talking to him before I go back to sleep.

Today I read Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox email, or rather skimmed it. He has a quote in every email, I usually skim that quickest, but today I couldn't get past it, it speaks to me right where I am, and articulates where I am, or at least where I am headed:

"God is love and he wants us to grow up to be like him. The height of maturity is not how much doctrine you know. The height of maturity is how deeply you love." - Rick Warren

I just enjoyed the most delicious green corn tamale at Manuels with Dan's family: parents Vern and Karen, sisters Debbie and Roxanne, and Debbie's kids Tim and Alyssa. If I could have done so with embarrassing them, I would have licked the plate it was so good. And the kids and I plan to watch Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan in a little while. It doesn't get much better than that!

Beam me up, Scotty...
Debbie