Saturday, January 28, 2006

This morning we took our weekly trip to the barber for Rick's beard trim. I realized that it has been a blessing that Rick has a beard. A once a week trim does him very well. The barber we have been using is very meticulous in trimming his beard and shaves his neck with a straight raiser. As I sat watching him work on Rick, I realized what a blessing it is to have him do this. Rick doesn't seem to remember how to shave anymore. The last time he tried, he took the safety raiser to his beard and gouged out portions of it. Thank you, Tamara, for the idea to take Dad to the barber weekly.

Our Sunday School class had to cancel our Christmas party in December for various reasons. So tonight was the make up date. We all met at the teachers home bringing various items of food with us. We had a wonderful meal and then we had some time singing and devotions and prayer. When the piano started playing, Rick stood up beside it and led everyone in singing, "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus." He sang every word without hesitation. When we stopped singing, Rick took the lead and said, "You know? That is so true! It is so good to be in this family." He was so alert through the entire lesson (which wasn't very long) with tears coming out of his eyes. He was very in tune with the Spirit of God that was present in that room. Then after prayer he was laughing at the jokes that were being made - very much a part of the conversation, although he wasn't talking. He comes alive in the presence of our God. Thank you Lord!