Mondays with Allee

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your path. Proverbs 3: 5-6 I want to first thank you all for your encouraging comments on my last blog and also for your prayers.  If you didn't see my post on Facebook, last weekend I was diagnosed with Typhoid and spent most of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in bed asleep.  I don't know why after returning from the US I have been hit with so much sickness.  Maybe it's just the time of year.  The shift in environment.  Maybe my body is tired and more susceptible to catching whatever is going around.  Regardless, after a month of sickness, I am currently well.  (Knock on wood)  I greatly appreciate your prayers for my continued good health.  I am so thankful that I have the resources to go to quality health centers and I can afford the tests and medications needed to treat any illness I may face.  Fo...

May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together - spirit, soul, and body - and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ.  The One who called you is completely dependable.  If he said it, he'll do it! 1 Thessalonians 5: 23-24 (MSG) I think after two weeks of sickness, I'm finally feeling like myself again.  I don't just mean in the physical sense.  Yes, the UTI and sinus infection that kept me pretty much bed bound for a week impacted me physically.  My asthma was giving me fits and the many medications I received at the hospital here were strong, giving me headaches and making it difficult for me to sleep.  Day after what seemed like endless day I woke up hoping to feel better but still unable to breath.  But as I learned during my battle with cancer, sickness can have a much greater and more detrimental impact on our mental and emotional state than our physical one. ...