Tuesday, 15 October 2013

God hath not promised skies always blue,


 


Life continues on it's busy course. Lovely Saturday watching Strictly with my 2 sisters. I am so glad to have sisters to do life with. As you can imagine we chatted and chatted. Sunday - lovely  day with Josh and Debs. This week - coffee at school, Cameo with the lovely older ladies and gentlemen, tutoring, coffee with friends, swimming, Pilates, blood tests, flowers, biblestudy, book club, and on Saturday a Women's conference in London, followed by a rest day on Sunday and Monday before Chloe arrives for our 4 day wedding planning meeting! Life is full! 

Yesterday I heard of a lovely lady who has just been diagnosed with a second breast cancer with spread to her bones 10 years after her first. That feels so unfair. To be clear for 10 years and then have to face it all again with bone secondaries as well. This is just a reminder that a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment is a life long diagnosis. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

From my window here in my bedroom I am watching the skies turn from grey to light blue with promise of a brighter day. I am enjoying the cosy evenings (we even had a fire on Sunday) but the rain is hard work. The bluer sky reminds me that all seasons have their good and bad points and we can delight in the changes of seasons looking for the good parts and not dwelling on the bad. Maybe the same in life there are many ups and downs but we need to delight in the good and not dwell on the bad.

God hath not promised skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;
God hath not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.

But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
  Unfailing sympathy, undying love.

God hath not promised we shall not know
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.

God hath not promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;
Never a mountain, rocky and steep,
Never a river, turbid and deep.

But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
  Unfailing sympathy, undying love.



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