I feel very blessed with amazing graces this morning because of all of your heartfelt comments and prayers on my behalf and for Rebecca and our entire family.
One of the biggest blessings came yesterday about noon when Rebecca called me to tell me she’d had a CT scan early yesterday morning, that the abscess in her right kidney was completely gone and the radiologist took the drain tube out of her kidney that came out on her back, with a tube down her side that had been draining pus for a week and a half.
We all rejoice in this good news for her.
Yet, she has a long way to go, being still on antibiotic and having to take iron tablets three times a day because she is very anemic and they have not yet determined the cause. She tires very easily and must rest a lot.
Also, there are a couple of major rifts in our family right now that are beyond my comprehension or understanding. Tom struggles to understand, as well, as he holds me close as I grieve and cry out to God for wisdom to know how best to be His servant to everyone around me, beginning with my children.
Yet, I am strengthened and uplifted – rested now – by your ongoing prayers for us. God is the source of my peace as I have spent the past two days here at home alone in silence in a beautiful place of meditation on this earth.
I sat here at my desk yesterday afternoon looking out my long window, open to the cool breezes coming from our front porch and the woods across the road (to the east). A small nearly black bird with dark gray breast – a kind I have never seen before – came and perched on the edge of the porch just outside my window and sat for the longest time.
He chirped loudly and clearly and I watched him until he flew away, thanking God for sending him to me to consider. God’s small winged bird that He watches over just as He watches over me. I felt an overwhelming sense of wonder that God loves me so.
So, I leave you with another song today – and video. It is Chris Tomlin singing “Amazing Grace,” but with beautiful lyrics and music of his own added that make it even more inspiring.
May God richly bless you each with His peace today in all things, even in times of greatest hardship, as He has me.
Dee
Praise God for the beginning of physical healing. Praying for the emotional healing as well.
Dee, have they checked Rebecca for celiac disease? We have a special section in our store for people with this disorder. It is caused by gluten in wheat and some other grains. It can cause many symptoms including the inability to make red blood cells thus contributing to anemia.