Hi all,
Earlier today I asked for prayer about my trip to the hospital, where I was
to have further dental surgery (of the least desirable type). I told you
all I was very fearful having gone through such surgery twice already in the
past few months . . ..
After writing to you all, I was reading my Bible and saw one of the many
verses about trusting God. I had been speaking such verses to myself all
day and singing them too but was finding it difficult to think that one of
these verses was really for me, but here was something else. In Psalm 57
and verse 1, I read:
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!
I look to you for protection.
I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings
I saw clearly (as I have before) that I had a choice here and I needed to
look to Him and hide myself! "Thank You, Lord, for making Your Word real
and living to me today and for meeting me in my need!" There was my help!
Then I went off for the appointment, still outwardly showing fear (getting
the time wrong so being ready an hour too soon for my friendto collect me)
but inside I knew I was ready . . ..
When I arrived, the waiting-room was empty as the morning session had ended
and I was to have special medication which I needed to take before my
procedure. I was therefore not called into the surgeon's room immediately
(as I had been before) but the nurse came to me. First she told me I had
been written up for a different medication . . .. I found myself weighing
this up. It could be good, but it may not agree with me. Then I explained
that on both my prior visits I had asked them specifically to look at this
tooth so that we could discuss the forthcoming surgery. Although we had
discussed the pros and cons when I was last there, I wasn't aware that the
dental surgeon had actually taken a proper look. He had not said so, or
referred to the particular problem with the tooth in question in a way that
showed me he had seen it. I therefore asked if this had been done and was
told "Well, he's written up the procedure to be done," to which of course I
courteously replied that this didn't mean he had actually seen it for
himself and had an opinion. . . ..
I won't go into all the detail now except to say that, by the time we had
continued our discourse and he had looked properly (as he did not look
before), he offered me a "get out" position. He said, "You can remain on
open support for a year and call us at any time, should the tooth give you
more trouble, and you want to have it taken out." At that moment I
remembered the tooth at the front of my mouth which gave me so much trouble
in my early twenties and which had almost been taken out three of four times
now. I still have that tooth! I knew at that moment that I was to take
that option. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm "off the hook for good" but
it does mean that I may never end up having to have this done and, if I do,
it will be because it really needs to come out. In addition, everything
about the way I'm feeling today and the various other health problems I'm
suffering right now need not be added to with this one.
I thought on the story of Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20, when he was sick, and how
Isaiah was sent to him to tell him he was going to die, then God heard his
prayers and saw his tears and he lived and I thought on the loving-kindness
and mercy of our God!
Praise Him and thank you so much, all of you, for prayers today. They
actually changed the situation!
--
Carol
-- Lies imprison; truth frees. The Son frees indeed as the light of His
truth shines in the darkness of our lies. Jesus knows the geography of our
souls,
the origin of our lies, the whole path to deliverance and freedom. --
Dwight A. Clough, Discoveries mailing list
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