No worthless trades.....

  They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image.
  They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

           ~Psalm 106:19-20 

Well, Thursday is the big day. Tomorrow we head back to the Cleveland Clinic for Thursday appointments for the first time since October 20th when we left after being discharged.  This will be the 3-month follow-up since surgery.

 Our hope is that the doctor will find everything to be very good and that I will be released fully to return to work. We would ask that you would pray for us as we travel and that you would pray for the appointments. We hope everything is perfect... or as perfect as it can be.  You can pray for that with us. But, we would also ask that you pray for us in the event that it is not "perfect".  I have no reason to believe that things are not as they should be and so our thinking does not come from that angle. But what we do know and one thing for sure that we have learned in all of this, is that God sees a much bigger picture then we do.   We believe and trust that whatever God chooses to do in this, he is good and right and that he does it for our best and for his glory.  It is our sincere hope and concentrated effort that we do not trade the opportunity to glorify God in our circumstances for something worthless, for something far less valuable, like worry or anxiety or distrust.

There is an interesting paradox in this past 3 months.  It's that the time seems to have flown by in one way but in another way it seems like it's been forever.  Time is interesting that way isn't it? It is a good reminder that even in challenging circumstances life is like a vapor, it's here one moment and gone the next. Treasure each moment.

Thank you for praying and thank you for continuing to follow this blog even though recently my updates have been sparse.

The next post will be from warm and sunny Cleveland.... well, Cleveland anyway!