Update on the walk

I like to write when I feel inspired - today I write because I feel I owe you all one - may God fold back on you the blessing that you pray for me. Monday was a long hospital day - the blood test I'd given on Friday at the local surgery was still in transit in the snow somewhere, so fresh blood test at 12, meant results not back until 3, and left chemo around 6pm. Took a break early afternoon to pop home and do some e-mails, while Elaine caught up on shopping - the blessing of having treatment only 15 mins away. Tuesday was a pyjama day, but I made it to the sofa, and mindful of the encouragement of some of you out there, pecked two thousand words on the laptop. I'm not sure, Lesley, that it will ever get published, but it does reflect a passage that has been very meaningful to us this last month. Psalm 71 v17..18

Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvellous deeds.
Even when I am old and grey, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.

God met me in my youth, but my story began well before that in preceding faithful and praying generations. I've been conscious over the past year, that while my children have seen the outworking of that story, I've never told them the detail of those building blocks that have made me who I am. Not so much knowing about God, but rather the knowing of God through daily walking together. So I'm 2,000 words in, but only age 8, because the foundations go back 3 generations.

Good to see Nick (see Feb 2nd posting) last night. He's flown back to New Zealand today, but confirmed that parts of the clean room were still in operation, and that the accounting structure I devised 20+ years ago was still serving the company well!! One hour at the hospital yesterday afternoon for chemo unhook, about four hours at the computer doing paid work, and two or three hours rest scattered through the day (did not have the energy to celebrate the 36 years since our courtship began on 11th Feb 1973 - our own Valentine's day). My body has taken about two hours this morning to get in gear, but I'm off for a late breakfast (0930), then get to the (virtual) office. May I and you walk hand in hand today with the one who came to live alongside us.