Carol, first of all, sorry for getting the previous email asking for prayers
late, but I did pray grin and I'm so glad you found the verse that gave you
calm and peace.
hugs
Lelia
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From: "Carol Pearson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:48 AM
Subject: TESTIMONY - MY VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL TODAY!
> 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
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/discoveries
>
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