What
was Saturday like, a bad rollercoaster ride. The day started with great pain!
My pain meds just were NOT knocking down the pain to a level I could handle. So
I called the doctor’s office. The on call doctor called back and told me I
could double my medication. I checked just how much medication I had and
doubling the dose would last me until about noon on Monday. So I did. Then I
took a nap.
After
about 1 ½ hours I was able to get up and do things. In fact I got a lot done.
Several pages where scanned into the computer and then with help I worked on
cleaning out some of the stuff I had stored in an unused bedroom.
By
supper time the pain was back. We had ordered a pizza. I ate a half of a peanut
butter sandwich to hold me and took more medication. Oh, that did not sit well,
before I could finish my supper I felt light headed, dizzy and sick to my
stomach. So I went back to bed.
A
short while after I went up to bed a pair of Elders from the Church stopped by.
When I realized who was downstairs visiting with my Mom, I went down. I needed
a blessing for health. So they gave me a blessing.
A
couple of weeks ago they had stopped by and I had told them about my health
condition and that all they could do was pray and send cards. I told them
however, to just fold a sheet of paper in half and make their own card. They
did just that. The card is great. These two young men know the scriptures and
gave the card a lot of deep thought.
The
quoted from the Book of Mormon, all of Helaman 5:12 “And now, my sons,
remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the
Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send
forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his
hail and his might storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you
to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon
which ye are built, which is the sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men
build they cannot fall.”
They
then illustrated this verse, showing the devil the storm and the whirlwind,
then they drew a stick figure of me with my hands up to stop the devil and
placed a picture of Jesus by me. Under the picture they reassured me that the
Lord will walk with me through my battle with cancer.
I
didn’t read the card until a few hours after they had left and the blessing had
started to work. I feel that these two young men for a moment were angels sent
by the Lord to help me in my hour of need. It is great to know that there are
men in the world who are in tune with the Spirit of the Lord and allow Him to
guide them to those who need them.
I
am sure that some people would call my entire day a bad day, but I don’t.
Although a good part of the day was bad, I think I will focus on the good parts
of the day.
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