Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

Reflections Maxie Dunnam The Pinecone | May 2022 • 9 • May Vesper Services | 6:30pm | Performing Arts Center May 12 Rev Clay Calhoun Associate Priest Church of the Holy Apostles Episcopal May 19 Grace Bonner Project Manager Project 20/20 May 26 Rev Joey Kaump St. Brigid Catholic Church May 5 Jimmy Latimer Kirby Resident Crusade for Christ I was spending the night in the hospital roomwith my mother. Fifteen years before, she had won a tough, ravaging battle with cancer. Now it had struck again. She had had a mastectomy that morning and had been sedated all day. In the middle of the night 1 was dozing, but her stirring brought me to alertness. I had the feeling that she wanted to talk, and that she wanted to talk about real things, not just make time-passing conversation. How did she feel? What was she thinking? There was a lot of deep sharing. I hope l never forget that night and what she said. "When you give your life to the Lord, Son, everything has to be all right—-no matter what happens." lt was her way of expressing confidence that she was okay in God's hands. She had known God’s love and care in the past, and she could trust him now. That night, Momma taught me that trust is a verb. We trust by relying on God to be true to his promises. At our age, here at Kirby, we trust God’s promise, “I go to prepare a place for you,” and we “ready ourselves” to claim that place. By Mom Says Everything Is Okay CRUSADE for CHRIST WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 | 6:30 PM REVEREND JIMMY LATIMER THURSDAY, MAY 5 | 6:30 PM REVEREND JIMMY LATIMER FRIDAY, MAY 6 | 6:30 PM GLORY LAND SINGERS