I am just back from a rushed trip to Delhi at the fag end of April.  This trip was totally unplanned.  We had just visited Delhi in Dec/Jan. and had no intention of making another trip so soon.  But things turned out otherwise.  In the last week of April, we received the shocking news that my sister-in-law had suffered a stroke and had been admitted in the ICU.  The news was hard to believe - only last Dec/Jan. we had stayed with her - shopping, visiting places and having a good time with her.  And now this!  Naturally we had to make hurried plans to go to Delhi.

By the grace of God, the stroke she suffered was not life-threatening (it could have been!) and though her right side was paralyzed, she was soon out of the ICU and made steady recovery.  Now she's back home and is making good progress everyday.  She has always been a strong independent woman and we have no doubt she will make a complete recovery very soon.

This incident was a reminder to all of us that we just can't take our lives for granted.  We may have many plans, but it is He who is the Ultimate Author of our lives!

My sis-in-law has received a new lease of life.  While she was recuperating in the hospital, we found this poem among her things, which so aptly describes the many blessings we receive everyday from God :
        God's Gift

I asked for strength
And God gave me difficulties to make me strong,
I asked for wisdom
And God gave me problems to solve,
I asked for prosperity
And God gave me brawn and brain to work,
I asked for courage
And God gave me dangers to overcome,
I asked for love
And God gave me troubled people to help,
I asked for favors
And God gave me opportunities,
I received nothing I wanted
And everything I needed.
My prayer has been answered.