Day 19 - The Grind

I wanted to give an update since it has been four days since the last one.  I am at home alone with the family this week, since my sister Katie returned to Michigan, so things have been a bit busier.  The children are all doing well and thanks to the generosity of many people, are getting chances to see and spend time with Julie at the hospital.  Thank you to those of you who continue visiting Julie and encouraging her during your visits.  It is difficult to just sit in a hospital bed while your family and life moves along for the most part without you.  Please pray for Julie as we wait, which seems to be one of biggest challenges we are facing in all of this.

A development over the past several days is that Julie's bleeding has increased but then not decreased as we had hoped.  The doctors have begun discussions about what to do if it continues over the next week or so.  Things are so fluid...one day this then another day that.  All we have is today and all God will ever give to us is today.  We may presume upon tomorrow or next Friday or whenever, but we do so without any assurances from the Lord.  He will give us our "daily bread" and care of our needs today and today alone.  When doctors begin thinking about the future, we need to listen and value their insights and wisdom, but we also need to remember that we ultimately rest in God's hands.  Our lives are first and foremost spiritual in nature, but this is especially hard to see in such a physically, clinically, and academically dominated world like a hospital.  So, please pray that Julie's bleeding will stop and that the concerns therein will diminish.  But more than that, pray that she and we will trust fully in the Lord, regardless of what symptoms or circumstances come along.