Getting Personal in Prayer

robin ♦ January 31, 2006 ♦ 4 Comments

So, what goes through a mother’s mind when her baby girl is about to have surgery and hurt? Lots. I don’t like the idea of her hurting. I am worried about them coming to get her from me to take her to surgery. I have certainly thought of the risks of anesthesia more than once. I am wondering how she’s going to handle a stitch in her tongue- a precaution in case they have to pull it out to clear her airway, how she will handle the pain and discomfort, how she will handle the restraints they have to put on her arms to keep her from putting her fingers in her mouth. I am hoping she will eat the first day, enough that we can bring her home and not have to stay there for an additional night.

I am remembering my baby Katy’s surgery when she was only 10 months old and I am thankful that it’s only the hole in her mouth we have to deal with this time. I am encouraged that Katy, now a healthy, happy (most of the time) 5 year old, seems to be none the worse for wear! I am wondering how the fact that Ella Grace is 3 and has only been with me for 5 months will make it different or better or worse.

I am believing that my cold will only get better and that it won’t bother me terribly as I spend the night at the hospital and do my best to take care of her. I am considering how this event will affect my big girls for the next few days.

And, I am in awe of how this whole event has unfolded and how God may use it to impact eternity. How did this little girl from an island in the South China Sea become my daughter?

These are some of my personal thoughts. It is my hope that you, the people who have followed our journey, would use these thoughts to petition The Almighty on our behalf tomorrow. May He be glorified.