To God Be the Glory

To God be the glory, great things he hath done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the life gate that all may go in.

(refrain)
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
Oh come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to every believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
Oh come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done,
and great our rejoicing thru Jesus the Son;
but purer, and higher, and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
Oh come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

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Discernment. It's one of the gifts that the deacon told me that I have. Maybe I do. I don't know. I just know some very weird things have been going on around here.

Micki, that wild child that moved in around here, has done some pretty bizarre things recently. She's taken up with a married man whose bi-polar wife is the psych ward. This man also happens to be an alcholic and addict. Not my business. But when she brings it to me and asks my opinion- well, I gave it to her. In retaliation she put dog poop in my mail box but tried to pretend she didn't. I wasn't the only one she marked. She got all of us who gave her our opinion. Hey, if she didn't want it she should have kept quiet.

Mom's at Life Spring- the senior care unit of Hillside hospital. While it's not a psych ward it's pretty close to it. I'm not sure how this stay is different from the ones she had before except that I know that both she and Barry are reacting differently. The psychiatrist is looking a a maniac episode with psychosis. He's trying to determine whether it's cognitive or dementia. I'm leaning toward dementia. I've had a couple of rounds with case workers and family members. I have power of attorney over Mom's medical stuff so the decision of where she goes falls to me. I'm not sure I am objective enough to make this decision. But I'm shooting for assistive living.

That leaves the question of what will become of Barry. He qualifies for assistance from the Department of Mental Retardation. I put that in motion today. I don't have power of attorney over him and that will cause some problems. But I want to do right by my brother. He deserves a fair shake. I'm trying to get an independent situation set up for him. I've talked to the case worker from DMR and I've put into motion all the paperwork she needs to hurry something through for Barry. I'll be going to see Section 8 housing tomorrow. There are two apartments where I live that are empty. I've talked to my land lord and he's willing to take Barry on as a tennant as long as he doesn't destroy anything or cause trouble. I think it would work. I'd be close by and could help him when needed. It would also provide him access to Mom. They are joined at the hip and to separate them is going to be hard but if we wait it will be harder. I've got my prayer warriors working on it.

I don't want to be Controlzilla but I feel like I need to do something for my family. I think now is the time to act.

I just finished reading "The Visitation" by Frank Peretti. Wow! If you read it you'll understand the reason for the song lyrics.