Waiting...

Katie has bronchitis, again. I say "waiting" because while rocking my sick girl to bed, I read Psalm 27. 

 David reminds us to "wait on the LORD". Even when encamped by and surrounded by the enemy, God's grace is sufficient, for the victory is His...why worry or fear, just hold strong to His goodness.

Some fellow pilgrims ("swift shall pass these pilgrim days") I am praying for right now that are suffering and WAITING on the Lord...Mary Jane Leggett who tragically lost her husband in an accident and now faces breast cancer; Ms. Marilyn and Mr. Chester - while she battles pancreatic cancer, she cares for her husband who is overcome with Alzheimer's; Baby Branch is still struggling, but also growing, in the PICU at the Medical Center. These are three Saints in the journey of this fallen world...

 ...as I struggled with my own anxiety over Katie's sickly state today and continual "bronchitis" diagnosis (nothing compared to the above), it reminds me to WAIT on the Lord. 

Today we waited in a more earthly way...we waited for the nights to pass (four nights in a row of her coughing throughout the night), we waited for Dr. Berry to call us, we waited to get her in to see him, we waited for her prescription to be filled, and now we are waiting for her to perk up again!

 These are the pictures from today...she enjoyed her lollipop and a little time outside with Mags.


Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.

1The Lord is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life;

Of whom shall I be afraid?

2When the wicked came against me

To eat up my flesh,

My enemies and foes,

They stumbled and fell.

3Though an army may encamp against me,

My heart shall not fear;

Though war may rise against me,

In this I will be confident.

4One thing I have desired of the Lord,

That will I seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord

All the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the Lord,

And to inquire in His temple.

5For in the time of trouble

He shall hide me in His pavilion;

In the secret place of His tabernacle

He shall hide me;

He shall set me high upon a rock.

6And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;

Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

7Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

8When You said, “Seek My face,”

My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”

9Do not hide Your face from me;

Do not turn Your servant away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not leave me nor forsake me,

O God of my salvation.

10When my father and my mother forsake me,

Then the Lord will take care of me.

11Teach me Your way, O Lord,

And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

12Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;

For false witnesses have risen against me,

And such as breathe out violence.

13I would have lost heart, unless I had believed

That I would see the goodness of the Lord

In the land of the living.

14Wait on the Lord;

Be of good courage,

And He shall strengthen your heart;

Wait, I say, on the Lord!