Day Ten

Psalm 94:19 - In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul. 

This is day ten, and to be honest, we're tired.  We're learning anew what it means to trust in the Lord and rest in Him completely.  It's a struggle as it's not in our nature to let go.  Today, during our family devotion time we talked about how we sometimes get to a point where we have nothing to give, nothing to say, and the reality that we are facing now - nothing we can do to save Dad.  All we have is God and that is more than sufficient.  God doesn't expect eloquent prayers, He just wants us to rest in His arms.  The devotional we read spoke to me clearly with one specific phrase in particular - When we have nothing left but God, we'll find that God is enough.

PRAISE!! -  We just learned from the surgeon that the pathology report came back.  Dad's Dr. came beaming down the hallway to deliver the news..."The pathology report looks good.  There is no cancer in any of the lymph nodes.  It looks like we got it all in the mass that was removed."  He also said that "some of your prayers are being answered".  Praise God for this encouraging report!  God is good!  His comfort delights our souls!

Prayer requests -

• That Dad's breathing would continue to improve as he is on the ventilator
• That as he is weened off sedation that he would respond (he has not been responding to simple commands in the last 24 hours or so).  He needs to "wake up" so they can work on getting him off the ventilator and breathing on his own completely.
• Continued wisdom for the medical team that is working diligently to help Dad
• That we would be sensitive to how God is moving and respond accordingly

God is at work.  We're confident of that.  We don't understand it all; however, we can choose to take comfort in Him.  It's a choice that we're learning to make as we walk with Dad through this difficult time.  Thanks for praying.  God hears you!

Gratefully,
David