Tuesday, February 6, 2007 HUGE stuff!
Yesterday I went to therapy, but before all of that started, first, I remembered the ingredients to a recipe that I used to make and I wrote it down! Then, I worked out another recipe for use and groceries and I wrote it down too! Now, I said that I wrote it down, but I never said that it was neat and pretty, because it wasn’t, but at least I did it!

Then in Physical Therapy, first I rode a bike with various degrees of resistance flawlessly for 20 minutes, then (with a special walker) I walked 600 feet and then in the parallel bars I actually stood up on my own!

Then in Occupational Therapy we reviewed and found that I had met all of my previous goals, so we word on new ones.

The thing that I mostly noticed, and so should you, is that I’m NEVER alone.

A Servant for Christ,

Toby

Saturday, February 3, 2007 Addition



God is the center



Like an open book, you watched me

grow from conception to birth; all the

stages of my life were spread out

before you.

Psalm 139:16

No child is just a child. Each is a creature in whom God intends to do something serious and great. No one is only a product of the genes contributed by the parents. Who we are and will be is compounded with who God is and what He does…

Our lives are not puzzles to be figured out. Rather, we come to God, who knows us and reveals to us the truth of our lives. The fundamental mistake is to begin with ourselves and not with God. God is the center from which all life develops.



A Servant for Christ,

Toby

I thought about this all day yesterday and finally understood what to say.
Being handicapped does have a huge amount to do with it because:

1) Handicapped people are broke all of the time.
2) Handicapped people have
to rely on Federal or State funds for survival.
3) Regular jobs, schools and
Churches don't accept them for employment or education.
4) Many of them
can't think well enough to determine how to impact others.

I hope this helps. There's more to this than you realize, I feel
that I can help
them. I believe that's why I'm here.
A Servant for
Christ,
Toby

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Therapy!
Yesterday I went to Therapy again and again I had much success. Firstly, in Occupational, I mixed, from scratch, some Reeses Peanut Butter cookies (peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips) by combining two recipes into one, and made 2 batches. Then in Physical, I walked 600 feet again and then stood in the parallel bars to test my balance. Ballard is such a wonderful place to go, because they believe in me and try things that I could never do anywhere else, and believe me, I don’t try anything there that I don’t feel good about.

A Servant for Christ,

Toby

Monday, January 29, 2007 Addendum
Yesterday in worship, we sang the GREATEST SONG, and I wanted to share it with you, so I sent for and received the words:

I am free

Through You the blind will see
Through You the mute will sing
Through You the dead will rise
Through You all hearts will praise
Through You the darkness flees
Through You my heart screams I am free

Chorus:
I am free to run
I am free to dance
I am free to live for You
I am free
I am free

A Servant for Christ,

Toby

you know, I've been thinking. Everyone (Churches, musicians, schools, etc.) have the idea that the "goal" of the gospel is numbers in attendance and dollars when it's really in souls. So if there's a handicap or not really makes no difference to God. But what we're going to do with it does.


A Servant for Christ,

Toby

Saturday, January 27, 2007 Addendum
I wanted to tell you this last night when I got home from Therapy, but it was just too late. Anyways, firstly I’m pleased with where I am because God is such a huge part of my life now, and He wasn’t before. And “go” we did…

At first, we baked some cookies. Now, that may sound easy to you, but au contraire! It meant sitting straight and using BOTH hands! Then putting then in and taking them out of the oven.

Then we walked with the walker 600 feet and well!

I never know what I’m going to do, but I always know that God is with me.

A Servant for Christ,

Toby

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Addendum
Yesterday God and I went to Therapy, and I knew that I wasn’t alone! I repeatedly did things (without trying to) to the extreme! In Occupational Therapy, along with everything else I did, I stood up at a table and used some pegs to make a picture on a board. Then at Physical Therapy, first I walked (with a walker) 500 feet, then I stood in the parallel bars and let go with both of my hands! PRAISE GOD! I guess that I still don’t know, but I’m not sure that I’ll ever walk again, but God knows and that’s all that matters.

A Servant for Christ,

Toby

Monday, January 22, 2007 Addendum
I am sure that some of you are going to be angry and some will feel that I’m crazy and others will just blow it off and delete this, but at least read it through.

I’ve spent a lot of time in thought and Bible study and discussions with the Lord about this and I wanted to tell you about it. So here I go.

This is about prayer. We read in the Bible that God (whichever one He is) formed us in our mother’s womb, and that all of the days of our lives were written out by God before one of then even came to be, and that before we even ask HIM, HE already knows what we need. Now, that’s an awesome God!

So my point is that if God is so awesome, then why do we spend so much time praying for others needs? Have we humans decided that we know something that God doesn’t? I don’t think so. Even in the Lord’s prayer Jesus put God in charge and then said basically “you’re in charge, so please guide me”. So shouldn’t we?

A Servant for Christ,

Toby