Evie's Home! Praise God! And thank you for your prayers!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Home! and thoughts for the day...
We are home again! Praise God, I am so ready to sleep in my own bed... that plastic couch in our hospital room just wasn't very welcoming after so many days (: Evie is doing good, home with nothing but an NG tube (a tube up her nose) that we can feed her in if she doesn't take enough formula by mouth. Other than that, she is very close to back to normal. I got to leave the hospital to take Lyla to church this morning (a much needed break). Rob was singing the song "Everything" by Tim Hughes and it just penetrated my heart. Here are the words from the verses:
God in my living
There in my breathing
God in my waking
God in my sleeping
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God in my resting
There in my working
God in my thinking
God in my speaking
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chorus: Be my everything (repeat)
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God in my hoping
There in my dreaming
God in my watching
God in my waiting
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God in my laughing
There in my weeping
God in my hurting
God in my healing
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chorus: Be my everything (repeat)

What am I going to take away from this most recent bout of hospitalization?... well each day was a new day. Good or bad there was no planning, preparing, and nothing to do but be present, take care of Evie the best I know how, and trust God with that day. God WAS and WILL BE there in my hoping, watching, waiting, laughing, weeping, hurting, and healing. After 20 years of being a "worry-er" God is teaching me to trust

Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

God isn't making a suggestion to me, it's a command. I can't even wrap my mind around how the next 6 months are going to go, and after thinking we may lose Evie twice now, I can't even go there. So tonight, I'm going to go sit on the couch with John, watch Lyla play, and hold Evie. Today, she is doing great, and that is enough for me today.

Love you friends,Lindsey