Waiting and Praying
...the breakdown has come. All my strength and my positive are fading, and I'm just a big bawlbaby right now. My family will soon be here, and in the meantime I'm typing on here, chatting with friends online, and crying on the shoulders of our great nursing staff. Despite all, Kevin's strong will, and God's perfect will, will be done. I take comfort in knowing we are in God's hands, and that we are with Him no matter what happens. While praying just now I felt called to log onto the online devotional I used to use, and I found this..
Sheltered in the Storm
From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
-Psalm 61:2 (NRSV)
SUMMER storms can come up quickly on the water. I learned this on a nearly perfect day when I was about 10 years old. The water was calm as my dad maneuvered our boat around the river while my brothers and I fished. Then without warning the wind shifted and the sky grew dark. Lightning came down in great streaks, as if looking for little kids in a metal boat.
"Everyone lie down!" my dad yelled above the sound of the wind. We lay on the floorboards and closed our eyes while Dad guided the boat. We hadn't gone far when he called to us again and pointed to a rock cliff. He pulled up to the shore and helped us climb to a small cave in the side of that rock where we huddled in safety until the storm passed.
When life suddenly changes or danger lies in my path, I think of that day and the psalmist's words in Psalm 46: "God is my refuge and strength, a present help in trouble" (verse 1). I still have to face what frightens me, but _I am not alone. God is that "rock that is higher than I," a safe place to go when the storms of life are raging. We can trust in God, no matter what happens.
Judith Fulp-Eickstaedt (Virginia, U.S.A.)
Shelter us, O God, and guide us to places of safety when we are in danger. Calm the storms in our lives and in our souls and keep us close to you always. Amen
None of us know what lies ahead...especially not now. Will they pinpoint the internal bleeding? Will he be eligable for surgery? Will he make it through surgery? Can he recooperate? What is going through Kevin's ehad through all this? None of us know...
But do know that God is in control during this storm. I'm bracing the boat right now, riding out the storm, and praying for a rainbow at the BEGINNING... :)