Giving Power to the Faint
"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. God does not faint or grow weary; God's understanding is unsearchable. God gives power to the faint and strengthens the powerless." Isaiah 40:28-29
This is part of what the Rev. Orin Cummings read to us, when he and his wife and son, our dear neighbors, courtesy of Guyana, came to pray with us tonight. And more prayers and visits and e-mails and phone calls to prepare me for surgery tomorrow.
So tonight, when we synced up my ipod the little round thingie that goes in circles-circles-circles, syncing the computer with the ipod -- I imagined the human and divine intertwined like that. Literally. Like the buzz of God syncing-syncing-syncing with the surgeon's hands and brains so that everything is constantly perfect. No human error.
Amanda will be covering the liver blog while I'm out. Thanks for coming over, everyone. I really appreciate your support.
With love, T
P.S. Just in case you wanted to see the podcast programs I downloaded as though I'll be recovering for a year. And it's all free!
AmericanWriters
New York Times Book Review
Cafe Podcast
Jodi Picoult Podcasts
Learn Spanish
LearnOutLoud's Biography
Miettes Bedtime Story
New York Times Movie Review
Mysterious Universe
Newsweek Voices of the Fallen
NPR Books
NPR Fresh Air
NPR Selected Shorts
NPR Story of the Day
NPR Talk of the Nation
Rick Steves Audio Tours
Slates Audio Book Club
States Political Gabfest
State Magazine Daily Podcast
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Music of Sleep
This American Life
Washington Report
4 comments:
Terri, Aaron and I are also in your praying, good thoughts, lots of positive karma line up. We're sooooo thinking of you today. And hey, I think it's totally normal to be afraid of surgery. I know that people really are showing love and being helpful when they say that thyroid cancer and thyroid cancer surgery is better than most other surgery/cancer options. Ok. BUT, I'm not surprised there's still fear there for you. It's still you and it's still surgery and it's still cancer. Those are always big deals.
We're going to pour on the prayers today and after for you and hope that, in the end, all those things people say about this cancer and procedure being "a breeze" are 100% true for you.
XOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXOOX, Lisa and Aaron
p.s. We LOVE our new names! Captain Underpants is cool. And, you might have guessed, we LOVE 2nd grade humor. :)
Two hours past noon... Eagerly awaiting an update from Amanda! You are all in my thoughts this afternoon.
Ooh, Terri, I bet "rollingontheliver" gets lots of hits today. I'll be checking back/checking in again.
Mwahs and more mwahs, Sue-s
Hi Terri! I woke up this morning thinking about you and I haven't stopped all day. I wish I could have stopped time on Sunday - there is never enough time to connect with people when I'm home. Which means I need to come home a lot MORE! I'm looking forward to an update with good news - and to your next post which I hope will be very soon! Thank you for keeping us updated, Amanda!
Thinking of you...
Love, Sharon
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