Sunday

I hope you all had a wonderful day of worship and fellowship today. 

Charlotte and I have been soaking up as much grand baby loving possible during her short visit. We never get satiated. 

We went to see Dad tonight after Adalynn left and found him engaged with a very animated and verbose nurse who is also a minister. I don't know if she is ordained but is very committed and compelled to her calling and has a clear and focused mission. I have not seen Dad as verbal since his admission to the hospital in early January. He was very energized. I don't know if his medication was adjusted or if he had finally come out of the effects of the sleep aids he had taken on Friday. 

After the nurse left, he kept on filling us in on events of the day and asking about our kids and talking about all sorts of things. I think I mentioned that during one of Dad's sleepless nights, he decided to relax and clear his mind and allow God to wash His love all over him. He told us that he had done that on more than one occasion and that on two consecutive nights he had either had a vision or dream that a silver sheet had descended over and covered a field or layer of rocks. When he reached out an touched the silver sheet, it was very smooth and he could not feel the rocks underneath. He also said that he could not be sure if there was and angel or some entity present but he seemed to remember something of the sort. He then looked at me and said, "Okay Joseph, interpret that dream." My immediate response was from Handel's Messiah; Every valley shall be exalted, every hill made low, and the rough places plain. Dad had a similar impression. I do not pretend to understand this event or it's true meaning, but it is my prayer tonight. 

Isa. 40

[3] A voice cries:
"In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
[4] Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.

As we prepared to leave and have our prayer together, Dad said he would like to lead the prayer. It was a holy moment for me and for the first time in a long time, it felt like order had been restored.

God is good!