An Anchor in Glory

Good Evening, 

I trust you have had a blessed weekend! This is our first week since October that we haven’t had a clinic appointment! Yaayyyy! This was definitely deserving of some sort of celebration. So this morning, Em, Mom and I took apart our closets to “re-sort” our treasures. Packages of crocheted lace and embroidered linens our grandmothers and great-grandmothers labored lovingly over to adorn their homes with grace and beauty were tenderly unpacked, some once again fulfilling their purpose in our home, others carefully replaced in their paper wrapping for another time.  Mama is slowly but surely regaining strength in her arm; she is diligent in performing her therapy exercises and is able to extend a bit more every day. We were a little surprised at the tenacity of pain and stiffness in that arm. There is a fine line between favoring it with loss of mobility and over-stretching causing injury or harm that Mama has to experiment with and I know she would appreciate prayer for this. It looks like we will not be able to keep our radiation appointment for next week based on progress, and truthfully, I don’t think that is a huge issue of concern to us at this point. We are taking on bite size pieces of life again with faltering relish so to speak. Garrison, Benjamin and Samuel especially are progressing excellently in their studies, embracing their various subjects with a will. Last night, I hung up Mama’s beautiful flowers to dry in the dining room and she exclaimed, “Aren't you so excited those are drying!” The act is simply a tangible picture of something being finished and the blessing preserved and vigilantly stored away indelibly on our memory. God is redeeming this suffering and sorrow in sometimes apparent and sometimes yet imperceivable ways. He is so faithful in working all things for the good of those who love Him. “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:3-5 

Bless you all tonight, 

The Lenz’s