July 10, 2009 ~ Giving Thanks
I’m sitting atop my hospital bed writing this post this morning, my crumpled sheets and aqua blanket rising and falling with the flow of the air circulating through the mattress. It’s a good morning – an overcast sun softly illuminates my room – but my heart is full of light for the way Christ reveals His love for me again and again.
Today, after a week-long bloody, violent battle, I am going home. Even yesterday it didn’t seem likely that it would happen this way as there was continued talk of transferring me to another hospital here in one of the finest medical centers of the world, for surgery. But the Lord had other plans for me today. He heard my prayers, and the prayers of all those who are standing and fighting this battle alongside me, and He answered them.
And I am amazed at how He answered me. My doctors are amazed too. And if my heart could hold another ounce of gratitude – well, I’d be the one most surprised. Undoubtedly this week has been the most difficult battle yet in this personal war of mine, and when the fog of the battle suddenly clears, it is also the most startling and amazing event to witness. It makes me fall to my knees in thankfulness for a victory I know was divinely given.
Other battles may lie ahead of me, but I’ve been granted a pass to go home, walk barefoot in my own grass, and wake to the voices and faces of those I love most. What a blessed gift! What a wonderful way for the Lord to show me He loves me and cares for me!
Thank you for all your prayers! I could never thank you enough.
“Give Thanks,” courtesy of YouTube:
Lori,
I rejoice with you in the grace and goodness of the Lord! Go and walk in the grass in the knowledge that He has loved you with an everlasting love.
We continue in prayer on your behalf and that God’s glory will shine forth from your life to capture the heart of those in the grips of darkness.