Amy,

Thanks for sharing with us.  How cool that you are involved in nursing home
ministry.  It takes  someone who has a real heart for those people and it
sounds like you really do, especially since you continued after separating
from the other family.  Such a needed ministry.

And many here on this list will understand exactly where you are coming
from, having lost their vision at various stages during life.

Vicki

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From: "gordons" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Daily Devotional for Friday


>     Yes, God does have a reason for everything.  I know this is really
> something I had to deal with when I lost my sight.  Finally after many
> people praying for me, I got down on my knees beside my bed and prayed
Lord,
> if your not going to heal me show me a reason.  It wasn't long after that,
> that I joined a ministry team that I met at a nursing home.  I have been
in
> the ministry ever since, but now I am not with the group.  Things happened
> in their family that they had to straighten out.  Now, I go on my own or
my
> uncle goes with me and sings sometimes.  I just felt like sharing that
with
> you all.
>
> Amy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Daily Devotional for Friday
>
>
> > Rhonda,
> >
> > I love that. That is so very true. We are not an accident at all. God
has
> a=
> > =20
> > reason for everything in our lives. Even 9/11.
> >
> > Love and Blessings,
> > Pat Ferguson
> >
> > At 06:02 AM 9/10/04, you wrote:
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: PurposeDrivenLife.com
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 3:27 AM
> > >Subject: Daily Devotional for Friday
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >             THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN=AE LIFE Daily Devotional September 10,
> 2004
> > >
> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >             God of No Accidents
> > >             by John Fischer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >             We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not=
> >  crushed
> > >and broken. 2 Corinthians 4:8 NLT
> > >
> > >             Tomorrow is a day in infamy that has now joined a handful
of
> > >other days where you can ask the question, "Where were you when you
first
> > >heard about." Depending on your age, you could insert JFK's or Martin=
> >  Luther
> > >King's assassination there, or Pearl Harbor, or perhaps the Challenger=
> >  space
> > >shuttle disaster. But most of us can remember exactly where we were
and=
> >  what
> > >we were doing three years ago tomorrow, the day we know now simply as
> 9/11.
> > >
> > >             According to a message I received recently via E-mail,
> there=
> >  are
> > >a number of people who are grateful for what they were doing that day
> that
> > >made them late for work.  From stopping for donuts, or getting stuck in
> > >traffic, or having a car that wouldn't start, to spending extra time
with
> a
> > >son's first day in kindergarten, or answering that last telephone call
> > >instead of going out the door, every one of these people had a
> split-second
> > >decision or an aggravation that kept them from being at work on time at
> the
> > >World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2001.
> > >
> > >             One man apparently was late to work because he stopped in
at
> a
> > >drug store to buy a Band-Aid for his foot, which was smarting over a
new
> > >pair of shoes. That is why he is alive today.
> > >
> > >             So now when you are stuck in traffic, miss an elevator,
turn
> > >back to answer a ringing telephone-all the little things that annoy
> > >you-think about how this may be exactly where God wants you to be at
this
> > >very moment.  It may even mean your life.
> > >
> > >             God is infinitely meticulous.  He is aware of every detail
> of
> > >our lives, and is even working out His will in the midst of them.  From
> our
> > >perspective, our lives are full of "accidents" and "coincidences."  God
> has
> > >no use for either of these words in His vocabulary.
> > >
> > >             So the next time your morning seems to be going wrong-you=
> >  can't
> > >find the car keys, or you hit every traffic light red-remember that God
> has
> > >a plan that takes into account all these things.  Every little detail,=
> >  every
> > >breath you take, is a part of God's knowledge about you today.  It's
all
> > >about knowing and believing that there are bigger things at work in our
> > >lives than what we can see.  God's plans continue to go forward in
spite
> of
> > >the unthinkable.  Someday we will discover all the events of our lives=
> >  woven
> > >into an intricate tapestry that brings nothing but glory to God.
> > >
> > >             Who knows what life's little aggravations (or even its
big=
> >  ones)
> > >might mean for you today?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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