Leave it at His feet!

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7

This morning I received an email from a family member, Nancy, whose son, Garren experienced this surgery earlier this year.  She wrote, "The anxiety of the unknown can be tough.  BUT we serve a God who knows all and this is nothing new to him.  So we trust in him and allow him to take the anxiety from us.  I pray for Uncle Hu today and the doctors, nurses and everyone involved for their wisdom and expertise and loving hands.  For you I especially pray for peace and another glimpse of how God is in control of this crazy situation.  It's through his love and peace we keep going."

Later this morning as I was discussing Hu's procedure with his sister, Barbara, she told me how she had changed the way she prays.  Years ago she heard a devotional given by Hu's father-in-law, J. Allen Blair.   He had brought in several different books each with a different title symbolizing prayer requests.  One was "Job" another "Sister's surgery" and others.  He spoke about taking these prayer requests to the Lord and giving them to Him.  After the prayer was finished though he picked up all the books (requests) and took them with him reminding the group that when we pray about something we need to leave it with the Lord knowing that He will care for it.  A great reminder that He is in control.