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You may not have noticed that I did not post a blog last week. I was sick. My husband and I contracted colds. Not just a bit of a runny nose and some sneezes, but a rather nasty cold virus that several friends and church members had. We tested for COVID but it was negative. It wasn’t influenza as there was no high temperature, muscle aches, nausea or vomiting. We had the stuffed up nose, headaches, sneezes, and coughs and generally felt pretty horrible. The worst was having no energy. I would get up for an hour, then feel so limp I would have to go back to bed for another three or four. We slept a lot and had no energy to eat much—which was just as well as the cupboards and freezer soon became bare. We were on the last of the tissues and toilet paper before we had enough energy to shop at the supermarket, before coming home and having to rest again.

We were both sick about a week and a half although it took over two weeks to have any energy to live our normal daily lives.

Needless to say, I did not work on my computer at all during this time; I found it too tiring to read scripture and a struggle to pray. Some days I just lay in bed saying, ‘Help Father, heal me.’

How wonderful to have a Father who loves us so greatly and understands our struggles so thoroughly, that he responds even to our feeblest of prayers. A Father, who is always available when we call.

No matter what is going on in your life today, even if you are walking ‘through the valley of the shadow of death’ (Psalm 23:4), may you experience God’s constant presence; when you call to him, he will answer you.

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