“I promise, I’ll be brief”, said the salesman as he stepped across the threshold.
Nothing awesome or profound to report so far. What began as testing the blog waters may just stay on as a first installment.
Monday is day three, and Debbi is in the midst of her double knee replacement procedure. She’s such a trooper with the pain she has endured. She’s been ready for this for a time, and only in the last few days has she allowed her façade to show any cracks regarding her discomfort. We were both up by 3:30 AM to be at the hospital by 5:30 this morning. Immediately following surgery, the doctor came out to brief me on the success of her operation. He was pleased with the outcome and it only took 2 hours and 15 minutes. We were told it would range from 2 1/2 to 4 hours. As I type this she is resting, pain free and sound asleep. Thanks to all of my FD family for the prayers for Debbi today. Evidence abounds in God’s grace and mercy as she recovers and heals.
Getting up early for me is nothing new, I am usually up by 4:30 AM most mornings, and this last Saturday was THE first in what I can remember as a Saturday with nowhere to be in the morning. I was abed by 9 PM Friday and didn’t drag myself out of bed until 8 AM Saturday morning. 11 hours….What was that all about? Then yesterday I saw the opportunity to take a quick nap and what was to be maybe 30 minutes turned out to be a 2 ½ hour snooze fest. The rubber band has definitely lost its tension. So, I can see where the resting part of what we are called to do took little effort to achieve.
I started this journey with a short intermittent 24 hour fast coupled with prayers from Friday to Saturday. My good friend Mike, is always game to share in doing one of these, and we hope to perhaps do this a few times in the coming days and maybe one for a more extended period. We always have a purpose for these, but that’ll have to remain private.
Lastly, to bolster the whole experience, I am reading the Andy Stanley book, “Visioneering”, re-reading, “Love Does” by Bob Goff, as well as continuing to make my way through the devotional gift we received at the Summer Sales Meetings, “Book of Mysteries” by Jonathon Cahn.
In closing, for now, probably my biggest challenge over the remaining 27 days will be NOT filling all available time with activities. I need to throttle back a bunch. Nothing new, right?
Steven