We knew something was wrong, but what, we didn’t. Grace wasn’t well, her color not good. Finally, the physicians said it could be the bile duct in the liver-pancreas assembly is blocked; and a Cat-scan said yes.
The surgeon warned: it’s an invasive, difficult procedure, and the picture is not definitive; there might be something incurable there.
For our 65+ years “family worship” we were this week reciting the 23rd Psalm (KJV) together (yes, we can; the Lord made us “one” that many years ago!):
“The Lord is our Shepherd; we shall not want.
“He makes us to lie down in green pastures, He leadeth us beside the still waters.
“He restoreth [heals] our souls.
“He leadeth us in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
“Yea, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death [Grace’s voice faltered here, and so did mine; then we went on] we will fear no evil, for Thou art with us.
“Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort us.
“Thou preparest a table before us in the presence of our enemies;
“Thou anointest our heads with oil;
“Our cup runneth over [anyone who can pray this prayer after turning 90 has a running-over-cup].
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives,
“And we shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
The procedure came this morning; our fears of something incurable were lifted.
Now we renew our dedication of ourselves and all we have to the One who is our Shepherd and Savior (and yours, too!).
And we pray for those whose fears have not been dissipated, who have to wrestle with a burden the Lord has spared us now; we are a corporate “body in Christ.” We “rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep” (Rom. 12:15), and rejoice to remember that the Lord Jesus Himself intimately shares corporately with all of us our rejoicing and our weeping. None of us need feels alone.
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