#1

After showering this morning, I went back into the bedroom to find this number on a yellow sticky note resting on my pillow. Katie was downstairs, and I knew exactly what the #1 meant. Our grief counselor after Gracie died last September told us to try out a rating system for our grief. He said number it from 1-10; with 1 being severely critical; need attention now! Well, August hasn't been really good for me so far this year. However, these last couple of days have really been wearing on Katie. She's a very strong woman, but she's not that strong. A couple of you who read this know this because I've talked with you on the telephone recently, but Katie's having a lot of old memories creep up again. I just please ask you to keep her in prayer. The power of God is shown greatest when we're on our knees professing His glorious name. I will do my best as a husband to keep my wife's number ABOVE the #1 she gave me this morning. As soon as I found the note, I went downstairs to find her.

If you're wondering, I'm about a 5 right now. Actually, the rating system has caught on with my family; not just with the two of us. Mom telephones me a couple times a week just to find out my number. I know that Dan's family uses it now. I wish I didn't have an original reason to use it, but it's been a good judge of where we're at as a family. Again, just please pray if you don't mind, and I will continue to lift up His great and powerful name!