September 12, 2016
8:30AM
8:30AM
The day began with Aida by her little sister's side.
When this photo came through I realized that I was down by not one but TWO mama hens in my home for the day. Bea may be small, but she is quite full in spirit and extremely nurturing to the little ones. She is also very helpful around the house and a good friend. She's a servant, our Bea, and her presence in the home (along with Aida's) is significant. Everyone misses the girls and things feel...quiet.
Brodie, Elka, and Olia have gone over the top to serve the family so far today, the little ones as well, and it amazes me how they are all very much the body of my brothers and sisters in Christ right here in our home. I'm feeling prayerful, peaceful, and blessed.
Brodie, Elka, and Olia have gone over the top to serve the family so far today, the little ones as well, and it amazes me how they are all very much the body of my brothers and sisters in Christ right here in our home. I'm feeling prayerful, peaceful, and blessed.
10:00AM
Brodie's piano plays alluring melodies that echo through the walls of home and heart
and prayers are offered on the hour for our girl. One step closer to wholeness for Bea.
(Happy Bea)
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
Psalm 139:1-18
Apparently we weren't the only ones listening to Brodie's music this morning...just got these:
Watching videos on Daddy's phone of Brodie playing the song he wrote for her:
She said it helped her to "not feel the pinch".
Brodie's music has a way of breaking and comforting hearts at the same time.
Thank you, Lord, for being near to our Bea.
11:00AM
Here we go...the procedure should take about 3 hours we're told.
3:00PM
Finally...news...she's done and in recovery. Thank you, Lord!
Things took longer than expected because of Bea's complexities. But they were able to acquire all that they needed and apparently they want to proceed with her next open heart surgery even sooner than we anticipated...as in by the end of this month!
As that sinks in...we continue to pray through this day as Bea recovers. She needs to lay flat for 6-8 hours and remain stable.
If she does, then she gets to come home late tonight!! We are all hoping for that!
8:00PM
Although she's been emotional, Bea's numbers have remained stable for the required amount of time. Poor sweetie just wanted to come home and I don't blame her one bit. I remember this part of the hospital stays all too well. It's like we all just want to push the fast forward button. Yet, thankfully the time has come and so we praise the Lord...they're coming home!!
"Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."
Romans 12:12
