I am thankful to say that all of the big rocks are in place for this surgery. We will be leaving tomorrow after church to drop Jack & Robin off at our friends' house in VA. Then we (Dave, Olivia, Avery & I) will head to Bethesda to check into the Fisher House.
Olivia is to be at the hospital at 10:30 a.m. The second case of the day cancelled, so she will be going in a little earlier. It's still a long morning for her, as she can't eat or drink anything after 12 midnight.
The surgery is in Bldg. 10 on the 3rd floor. I believe the ICU is just down the hall, which is where she will recover for the first several days.
The sermon last Sunday ended with a challenge to pray specifically. I would ask for specific prayers that Olivia will undergo laparoscopic surgery vs. open surgery. Her recovery time will be less, as well as the pain. We are looking for positive outcomes, obviously, but we already know she's in God's hands.
As I was praying this morning, I asked God to speak to me with the Scripture. This is what I turned to:
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
New International Version (NIV) (speaking of Paul's thorn)
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
I thank God for His sufficient grace. I will be the first to say that I get through each day only by the strength He gives me. This journey is probably nothing any of us would have signed up for, but it is the path He is leading us on. I know we are where He wants us to be, and I am amazed at the intricacies of His plan. What a mighty God we serve!!!
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