....Tender Mercies......

Our lives have dramatically changed in the last 48 hours, and will likely never be the same. We have learned that our beloved husband and dad has cancer. We have all expressed to each other that these things happen to "other people" and never expected them to happen to us. We seem to have raised our hands somewhere before we came here to say that we would be glad to take on these challenges and life's lessons if we could only come, gain bodies, work hard at living the gospel and find joy in our existence here on earth.

As we have learned this news, we have been surrounded by angels both mortal and immortal and have experienced the tender mercies of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Though we have challenges ahead, we feel confident that with the help of those that the Lord places in our path, we can do this.

As Rick and I talked tonight, we don't know how much time we have, and I don't think that time will be measured in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years. The way our time will be measured is in how we spend this next portion of our lives. We will spend it in deepening our relationships with each other, our children, grandchildren and with our families. We will be willing to say "I Love You" often, we will be willing to speak the things of our hearts so that they will forever be known and understood. We will help and support one another. We will make choices that have meaning to our eternal progression.

We will be faithful, prayerful, have hope, AND, we will be mindful of the numerous tender mercies that the Lord has in store for us.

"The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works." Psalms 145:9