New home and other updates

I've had some thoughts rolling around in my head and I thought I'd share them just in case it may be used to encourage someone.

I was listening to the radio the other day and there was a dramatization of the life of Samson on.  If you are familiar with the story of Samson, you know that Samson was a pretty headstrong, rebellious son.  His parents were told by an angel that he would deliver Israel and that he would be a Nazarite.  His parents feared God and, I'm sure were saddened by the path he chose for his life. They were probably thinking, how in the world is God going to use this son to deliver Israel, when he was hanging out with the very people they were to stay away from! Not only that, but he married one of them and had parties with them! But in the end, he did destroy the Philistines.

I've also been thinking about a few other people in the Bible that God told them to do a specific thing or that a specific event would happen but the way it happened was totally unconventional, at least my men's ways.  Hosea had to marry a harlot and love her (can you imagine?!).  Mary conceived Jesus before she was married.  Jesus was crucified on a cross and rose from the dead before he got a chance to be King of the Jews (at least that's what they were thinking).

Where am I going with all this? Simply this: God's ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts.  Things may seem to be going quite awry but He uses it and finds a way through our messy, broken lives to bring about purpose and glory for Himself and a furtherance of His kingdom. Just trust Him.

I promised a more in-depth update so here it is.

We are settling into our new home. The remodeling is done and we are moved in.  We are still putting finishing touches on decor and smaller details but we are functioning. :)  The grass is green, the sun is shining most days and we are loving our new space!  We have a back yard that had a playset/sandbox already inside a nice big fence. Jocelyn loves spending lots of time getting super dirty, swinging, sliding and checking the perimeter for holes for which to escape out of! ;)

David is doing good overall.  He had a stomach bug over Mother's Day weekend but my mom and dad were here so, although I spent the night before cleaning up stomach bug carnage, I got to enjoy a quiet day with David and Abi and then later with Jocelyn.  David hasn't had many headaches since we moved except for a couple weeks ago.  I'm assuming from a bladder infection.  David saw the neuro optometrist in Chicago a couple weeks ago.  This was the second time he has seen her.  She was pleased with what she saw, even though I reported a couple negative things I had noticed with him in the last couple months (memory regression and strong rotation of his trunk and head to the left).  She noted a positive change in his pupil size.  His pupils have become a little more symmetrical in size.  This has not changed before, at least in the last 2 years.  She gave him another color of the syntonic filter glasses and some new prism goggles to help his posture.  He is continuing to work with the "flipper" prism lenses to increase his awareness of the environment.  His reaction time seems to have improved slightly.  We rigged up a very very redneck baseball bat and propped him up in his standing frame and threw a small stuffed animal at him to bat at. He was able to hit it twice.  I expect it to improve with practice.  He visited his physical medicine Doctor and demonstrated his walking skills. He was impressed and amazed at him!

Today we visited the John Deere dealership.  David got to test drive a riding mower.  He will be getting lots of practice when it arrives in a couple weeks!  He is beyond excited to be driving some sort of machine. It will give him a chance to hone his driving skills at a slower speed and speed up his reaction time.

I'm having trouble uploading pictures and videos to this blog lately so I will put a few on our Facebook page.