My dear friend and former colleague,
Diann Barrett, reminded me to read the 91st Psalm. I did, and this is what jumped of the page at
me: (The Message)
He ordered his angels
to guard you wherever you
go.
If you stumble, they’ll
catch you;
their job is to keep you
from falling.
“If you’ll hold on to me
for dear life,” says God,
“I’ll get you out of any
trouble.
I’ll give you the best of
care
if you’ll only get to know
and trust me.
Call me and I’ll answer,
be at your side in bad times;
I’ll rescue you, then
throw you a party.
I’ll give you a long life,
give you a long drink of
salvation!”
I can’t wait for that “party”!! :)
I have the most thoughtful
sister! She has always been that
way. I’ve already received 3 cards from
her while here in Kansas City. But this
3rd one that came today was just the perfect message.
This evening, it was the
121st Psalm, once again from The Message
1-2I look up to the mountains;
does my strength come from
mountains?
No, my strength comes from
God,
who made heaven, and
earth, and mountains.
3-4He won’t let you stumble,
your Guardian God won’t
fall asleep.
Not on your life! Israel’s
Guardian will never doze
or sleep.
5-6God’s your Guardian,
right at your side to
protect you—
Shielding you from
sunstroke,
sheltering you from
moonstroke.
7-8God guards you from every evil,
he guards your very life.
He guards you when you
leave and when you return,
he guards you now, he
guards you always.
I take great comfort in
those words as I think about tomorrow, Thursday. At 8:30 a.m. I will be getting my preanesthia testing. Then at 10:45, I’ll be getting my contrast,
probably by IV, and then the CT scan of my lungs. I’ve had an MRI before, but never a CT scan. I know with an MRI, you have to lie
COMPLETELY still for (it seems like) an eternity. And it is terribly noisey! I’m hoping the scan does not take that long.
My dad was allergic to the iodine they use for the contrast so he always had to
premedicate before his tests. I don’t
think I’ve ever been exposed to iodine.
Hope I’m not allergic to it. From
what I’ve read you may get a metallic taste in your mouth and feel a
warmth. Well, since I’m usually cold,
that might be nice.
Well, enough of thinking
about that! For fun today, we went to
breakfast with Mark at the Big Biscuit.
None of us had any biscuits! :) But the bacon and eggs
were really good. My toast was even
buttered on both sides!
Later in the morning, Mark wanted to drive us to The Plaza.
The other day I looked online at the top 10 things to see and do in
Kansas City. The Plaza was the 1st
one listed. When I was a child and
visited KC with my parents, I barely remember being at The Plaza. I’ve heard the time to see it is at Christmas
time. I’m sure it is just beautiful
then! On the way we stopped at an Apple
store so Mark could take a laptop in for repair. That took considerable time, so while waiting
we went shopping in the area. They had an
Orvis store. I had never heard of it,
but the clothing was very nice (and rather pricey). While Mark, Su, and I strolled through the
Crate and Barrel store, Guy stayed behind at Orvis. When we met up again, Guy had found something
on the Orvis sale rack. I told him about
the super-soft T-shirts in Orvis – they had a lot of modal in them. That always makes a garment feel so
nice. He told me I should have gotten one. I told him $39 was too much for a
T-shirt!! He insisted I go in and get
one – that I deserved it. Awwwww….well,
if he was going to put it that way….. So I went back in, and in addition
to the T-shirt, he found me zipped pull-over that had an interesting design he
really liked. So now I have 2 new tops
to wear. I felt a little pampered! :)
By the time we got done
there, it was too late to go to The Plaza.
It was time to go pick up Chris from school. Well, that’s OK. We still have some time here. Mark will be leaving tomorrow afternoon, flying
back to Canada, but this time he will only be gone 4 days.
So the waiting continues……..
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