I DO KNOW WHAT

LORD  I NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER

YOU ARE ALWAYS WITH ME 

AND

I DO KNOW WE ARE

 ALLOWED TO LEAN ON YOU

 WELL THANK YOU FOR CARRYING ME THIS LAST WEEK

 PLEASE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH

 TO CLIMB THIS MOUNTAIN

MY LOVED ONES HAVE SEEN ME STRUGGLING FOR EVERY BREATH

AND SEEN ME 
NEED HELP TO GET FROM A-Z

 THIS DISEASE AFFECTS EVERY PART OF YOUR BEING

OXYGEN AND A FEED TUBE SUSTAIN ME

  

BUT YOU ALONE ARE SUFFICIENT FOR OUR NEEDS

A FEW OF MY ALS FRIENDS ARE 

  IN THE HOSPITAL IN
ICU

 NOW

THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME BREAK OUT OF JAIL

LAST NIGHT THE DOCTORS WANTED TO PUT ME IN STEP DOWN

 BUT I SURVIVED AND SLEPT ALL NIGHT IN PEACE

 AND NOT BREATHING STRUGGLE

SO WE ARE STILL PLAYING THE GAME.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

WE CLIMBED A HURDLE LAST NIGHT

AND 

 I FEEL STRONGER TODAY

YOU ARE PERFORMING MIRACLES

ALL OVER THE PLACE

PEOPLE I HAD DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIPS 

HAVE MELTED IN TO TRUE LOVE.

YOU BUILD BRIDGES WHERE

WE HUMANS FEAR TO TREAD.

YOU HAVE MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE

RIGHT BEFORE SURGERY

 MY SISTER BARBARA AND CONNIE

   

GAVE ME A BEAD PARTY

SOME OF MY FRIENDS WERE THERE

IF I HAD MY WAY 50 PEOPLE 

WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

 IT HAS BEEN MY DREAM FOR YEARS!

FRIENDS AND FAMILY 

 SHARING TIME AND PICKING OUT THEIR OWN BEADS

AND MAKING A NECKLACE. 

 I GAVE THEM EACH A BEAD TO PUT ON THEIR NECKLACE

 TO REMEMBER ME,

 BUT MORE THAN THAT

 TO SHARE SOMETHING OF BEAUTY WITH FRIENDS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT BEAUTY IS

 TIME 

MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING.

THE BEAD PARTY CAME JUST IN TIME. 

 YOU SEE LORD I HAVE CONSENTED TO NOT GO HOME. 

I AM GOING TO A REHAB

PROBABLY THAT DREADED NURSING HOME

BUT GOD 

THIS IS YOUR BIGGEST TASK

 PLEASE GET ME HOME

ONE MORE TIME.

I PROMISE I WILL SORT OF BEHAVE

THEY ARE AFRAID I NEED HELP AT HOME

 AND WON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS

SOCIAL SERVICES IS TRYING TO 

GET A GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP!

  PLEASE LORD THIS IS A BIG MIRACLE

I KNOW, BUT YOU SAY

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK IN MY NAME 

AND IT WILL BE DONE FOR YOU.

DEAR LORD 

 I AM HOLDING YOU TO IT.

 YOU KNOW LORD I LIVE ALONE

LET  ME BE A TESTAMENT 

 TO ALL THOSE WHO LIVE ALONE

 THAT,

IF THEY GET A TERRIBLE DISEASE

 YOU WILL BE THERE

YOU ALONE CAN ORCHESTRATE

 A BEAUTIFUL ENDING TO ANY LIFE

 IF NOT LORD 

 PLEASE HELP MY LIFE AND DEATH

MEAN SOMETHING

 SO THAT OTHERS CAN SEE HOW REAL YOU ARE

 ISN'T IT JUST LIKE US HUMAN

 TO WANT OUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.

THANK YOU LORD 

 FOR MAKING MY ROAD STRAIGHT

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