A Sabbath Moment

As I prepare to have lumbar spinal surgery this Wednesday, January 25, 2012, I will be away from here for a while, but truly in our God's Hands.  He has taken me this far.  I know He will be the surgeon's hands, guiding him, guiding the staff the whole way through.  

I have been extremely sparse here at Being Woven for the past couple of months for I have had many appointments, tests, and needed a lunch with friends every week or so! : )  Time with my dear husband, time with my precious mother.  Of course...those were musts, and most important things!

I know this surgeon from my cervical spinal surgery last May.  I trust him.

I am at peace about this surgery.

I am in the Hands that created me.

I would ask that each blogging friend who stops by for the time I am away would pray for me.  I will do my best to post as soon as I can...on how I am doing.  

For now, please pray for increased iron in my blood for the hospital lab work from Wed., 1/18, showed anemia.  I am "pumping" those iron pills and trying to eat more food with iron before Wed.  

Pray with me for my husband's peace and calm throughout, for my mother who will not hear from me for a little while (not too long), and for my little sister, Annette, who lives in Kauai and is a bit "concerned"- worried about this big sister of hers and we are so far away from one another.  

Pray for God's showers of blessings to surround all.  I have enlisted an army of prayer warriors over this past couple of weeks and ask each of you to join us.  

I have been contemplating Psalm 139 for the strength and protection of our God.  
May you join with me, if you so desire.  

I love each and every one of you.  

I thank you for being here as I am continually "being woven".  

Psalm 139

    

O LORD, You have searched me and known me!
    You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
        You discern my thoughts from afar.
    You search out my path and my lying down
        and are acquainted with all my ways.
    Even before a word is on my tongue,
        behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.
    You hem me in, behind and before,
        and lay your hand upon me.
    Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
        it is high; I cannot attain it.

    Where shall I go from Your Spirit?
        Or where shall I flee from Your presence?
    If I ascend to heaven, You are there!
        If I make my bed in Sheol, You are there!
    If I take the wings of the morning
        and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
    even there Your hand shall lead me,
        and Your right hand shall hold me.
    If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
        and the light about me be night,”
    even the darkness is not dark to You;
        the night is bright as the day,
        for darkness is as light with You.

    For You formed my inward parts;
        You knitted me together in my mother's womb.
    I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

    Wonderful are Your works;
        my soul knows it very well.
    My frame was not hidden from You,
    when I was being made in secret,
        intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
    Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
    in Your book were written, every one of them,
        the days that were formed for me,
        when as yet there was none of them.
    

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God!
        How vast is the sum of them!
    If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
        I awake, and I am still with You.
    

Oh that You would slay the wicked, O God!
        O men of blood, depart from me!
    They speak against You with malicious intent;
        Your enemies take Your name in vain.
    Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD?
        And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
    I hate them with complete hatred;
        I count them my enemies.
    

Search me, O God, and know my heart!
        Try me and know my thoughts!
    And see if there be any grievous way in me,
        and lead me in the way everlasting!

Again, I love each and every one of you.  

I thank you for being here as I am continually "being woven".  

I hope to back sooner than later.  

   

(Psalm 139 ESV)

Graphic: Psalm 139 -  Image Source Page: http://melodyejoy.wordpress.com/category/decorative-painting/
Graphic: Psalm 139:13- Image Source Page: http://www.justchristianposters.com/pd-how-great-thou-art-christian-posters-psalm-13913.cfm
Graphic: Psalm 139:9-10  - Phil Ware, NASA, www.heartlight.org
Graphic: Psalm 139:16 - www.seedsowersonline.com
Graphic: Psalm 139: 23-24 -Robert KW Photostream/Flickr