Pray and expect…
“In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice. In the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation” Psalm 5:3 NIV After nearly 10 years of knowing that this day would come, Matthew will be having surgery this week to repair his heart. It has been with much consultation with specialists, prayer and discernment that we have made the decision to go forward with this procedure. If you want to read more about what the surgery involves you may read a previous post: A matter of heart and to read about the decisions we have faced read the previous post: The pain passes We can do nothing more at this point than to take God and the Psalmist at His word and to trust that He will hear our request and guide the surgical team, the other specialists and the nursing team as they care for Matthew. Our prayer is that they will find something similar to the experience we had when Matthew had surgery to repair his sinus a few years ago. The exact words from the surgeon were “I can’t explain it, but when we got in there, it looked nothing like the MRI showed…” They ended up “cleaning up” some cartilage, doing it all through his nose instead of having to do the planned procedure of opening up the roof of his mouth to make the repairs. We knew right away how to explain it…prayer with expectant faith. I know for some people, especially those…
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