A Different Night

Fellow Labourers-

The Friday night before our son was discharged from the hospital was a different night for my wife and I. As I now ponder, the words of Ovid comes to mind, "Meminerunt omnia amantes - Lovers remember everything." On that night we took the decision that it was time for our son to leave the hospital, and I had to task to convince the doctor that it was "Nunc aut nunquam - Now or never." Like David I cogitated through the night upon my bed. It was for me a night that hope springs eternal in my breast as my fear became faith in the God of promise. It was indeed a different night as the thought of having our son home after two months in an institution that was draining us physically, mentally and financially.

But, then the night after was also a different night. This was Saturday and our son walked unaided for the first time as he went to the nurses' station to tell them goodbye. I took him home but had to leave almost immediately for a wedding in Mandeville. I was very uneasy at the wedding because I wanted to be there for many reasons. I quietly left the wedding early and on reaching Mineral Heights my cell phone rang and on the other end was our son asking how far I was, and if I could get him something to eat. When I got home his mother and I had an evening of praise and thanksging with him in his own room after nearly 60 days. Today I give thanks for His mercy still endures ever faithful ever sure.

Pax Vobiscum

Robert A. Stewart