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My Dad was the Ship’s Photographer when he served in WW2. I grew up looking at hundreds of pictures of the War in the Pacific. So standing on that deck was was the culmination of a lifetime of images, stories, study, and vicarious experience for me.

Please pray for my Dad, as now he suffers from altzheimers.

Still, he can recall every moment and detail of his experience in WW2.

[The Mayor]

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Good Wishes
February 3, 2011

In Singapore, the Chinese New Year season’s social and business dinners often begin with a dish consisting of salads, dressings, pickles, and raw fish. The name of the dish, Yu Sheng, is a pun that sounds like “year of prosperity.” It is traditional for those present to toss the salad together. As they do, certain phrases are repeated to bring about good fortune.

Our words may express our hopes for others for the year ahead, but they can’t bring about good fortune. The important issue is—what does God want to see in us in the coming year?

In his letter to the Philippians, Paul expressed his desire and prayer that their love “may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment” (1:9). The church had been a great tower of support for him (v.7), yet he urged them to continue to grow to love others. Paul wasn’t talking about intellectual knowledge but knowledge of God. Love for others starts with a closer relationship with Him. With a fuller knowledge of God, we can then discern between right and wrong.

Giving our best wishes to others for the coming year is fine. But our heartfelt prayer should be that we abound in love, so that we may be “filled with the fruits of righteousness . . . , to the glory and praise of God” (v.11).

Teach me Thy patience! still with Thee
In closer, dearer company,
In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,
In trust that triumphs over wrong. —Gladden

People with a heart for God have a heart for people.

Read: Philippians 1:9-18

This I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment. —Philippians 1:9

Bible in a year:
Exodus 31-33; Matthew 22:1-22

[jaycee]

I didn’t know your Dad had Altzeimer’s, Mary Lou. My mom had it but it was different from any I’ve seen. She seemed to always remember me and my family but the other things she did were pitiful. No one ever deserves this horrible disease and it is beyond my understanding. Maybe in the sweet bye and bye, we will understand. Remembering your father in prayers!

[JustAmy]

I’ve been reading your posts about altzheimers.

They are still doing lab work, but my brother’s doctor thinks he is suffering from early stage altzheimers. He is still here but staying at his daughter’s. She needed to do some shopping today so she brought him here this morning. He said he needed some excercise and I have a perfect place for a long walk.

He gets confused but so far he remembers most things. The other day he did forget his ATM password. :) Good way to save money.

I will ask for prayers for my 69 YO brother as I pray for your dad, LTOS.

[oldteen]

Prayers for all, ML!

Alzheimers is a very ugly thing!

[tiapam]

[yorkie]

"Please pray for my Dad, as now he suffers from altzheimers."

My dear Marine husband did, too - for eight long years.

He also remembered in vivid detail, the attack by the Japanese in the South Pacific, that put him in the hospital for a year. (Yet, he forgot my name.)

Prayers for your dear father, ML. May all his memories be kind and sweet for him. **HUGS**