Tomorrow

Well, here I am.  I’m sitting in our hotel room close to the hospital and just got off the phone with my anesthesiologist who gave me the rundown of what’s going to happen tomorrow morning.  I’m feeling a little queasy from the bowel prep I had to drink, but I’m starting to feel like a pro at this.  By the way, if you ever want to feel like a daredevil, drive from Denton to Dallas while drinking about two weeks worth of laxative.  Dangerous!

I’ve been overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity and encouragement during this time.  We are blessed beyond measure.  I really just want to thank all of you who have been praying for me faithfully.  There have certainly been some rough times emotionally, especially this last week.  But yesterday, my church family gathered around me and prayed for me, and I truly felt more at peace than I have in probably a month.  Sometimes prayer changes the situation, but I think more often it changes us.  That, perhaps, is the greater miracle.  This has been a hard time, and I suspect that at times I have truly been depressed.  Sometimes it’s been hard to look forward with anything other than dread.  But God has never stopped being good to me.  Thank you for being an instrument of his blessing to me.

I’ll leave you with some lyrics by one of my favorite songwriters, Sara Groves:

I believe in a blessing I don’t understand
I’ve seen rain fall on wicked and the just
Rain is no measure of his faithfulness
He withholds no good thing from us
No good thing from us, no good thing from us

I believe in a peace that flows deeper than pain
That broken find healing in love
Pain is no measure of his faithfulness
He withholds no good thing from us
No good thing from us, no good thing from us

I will open my hands, will open my heart
I will open my hands, will open my heart
I am nodding my head an emphatic yes
To all that You have for me

I believe in a fountain that will never dry
Though I’ve thirsted and didn’t have enough
Thirst is no measure of his faithfulness
He withholds no good thing from us
No good thing from us, no good thing from us

I will open my hands, will open my heart
I will open my hands, will open my heart
I am nodding my head an emphatic yes
To all that You have for me

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