My gift of God...

My husband and I decided to take his mom to church this morning. She had a severe stroke July 5th, and things just haven't been quite the same. She is in a local nursing home, trying to rehabilitate as much as possible, then we will bring her to a more private and personable setting. She never looked close to her 88 years until recently. Never been in a hospital before, only to visit and encourage others, just a jewel from God. Today we sat while the old hymns were sung and just looked around the vast room, full of people who have lived such long lives, and seem to have just been forgotten. A number of them were already worn out and sleeping after only having been up a couple hours. I clung to my Mom, and held her in her chair, listening to her soft babbling that just weeks before had been such Godly wisdom and advice. "I love you Mom," I said over and over, she smiled and held me back. A few minutes later, a woman began to cry. Jerry went to her and just held her hand. "He's all I have left" she sobbed and just laid her head on Jerry, "He's all you need" he said. Her crying stopped and she lifted her head and smiled through her tears at him. "Sometimes you just need to hear that," she said, and the four of us sat through the rest of the service just content in His presence. We took them back to their rooms and got them ready for lunch, and when we were ready to leave, our new friend stopped us and said, "He's closer than you think." We took that with us the rest of today, and promised each other, that no matter what He has for us this week, we would stand on His word, and know, He is all we need and He's closer than we think.