Recovery Update

I've had many phonecalls, letters, e-mails cards, etc. asking me how the recovery process is going. I am doing very well. I have not had any pain and have pulled myself off the pain pump and the pain pills. So far, I've taken nothing for pain since 12:00 p.m. yesterday. I am battling boredom! I think that will be my biggest issue in trying to recover.

I appreciate so much the phonecalls, especially, that I get from people asking me what they can do for me or simply just to pray with me. I received an especially touching call from the Missions Pastor at my church, Keith Kaynor. I've always appreciate he and his wife, Marilyn, so much in that they have such a grace about them. They have always gone out of their way to see that I am well cared for. Keith asked if he could pray with me (that is now the 2nd time he's done that!). There is no greater act of intimacy than bringing someone before the Lord in prayer. I am truly touched and humbled that he set aside this time for me.

I keep thinking of the passage in Psalm 68:19, "Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens." He didn't create me simply to leave me floundering on my own. He truly cares about me and goes to every length to make sure I continue to "tick" so to speak. This is the stuff of continued redemption; life's celebration.

Galatians 6:2 says, "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." I am so thankful for my loving church family who so willingly and so freely does this for me day after day. The prayers, the calls, the cards, etc. in combination serve to help me carry my burden.

"Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul,

Thank you, Lord, for making me whole;

Thank you, Lord, for giving to me

Thy great salvation so rich and free."