ALL GOOD NEWS!! Not much in the way of the PE still left, the blood clot has dissipated, and at this point, my surgeon believes that the “cyst” was an over abundance of gallstones that needed to be taken care of. So by God’s grace, I am off of the blood thinner medication and back to life functioning “normally.” I say “normally” because life is never going to be the same after this, for good and maturing reasons!

So, this is going to be my last post regarding the surgery scare and recovery from March. Kind of crazy to think that it’s been almost 6 months. I just want to thank you to everyone who has inquired of me, prayed for and with me, came to see me in the hospital, and those that have physically and emotionally cared for me over these last number of months! Prayers were heard, lives were changed, and God’s nearness was felt, even if I didn’t always think He was. 

As I sign off, just want to leave you with this quote from a book I read recently titled “Deeper” by Dane Ortlund, that has often replayed in my mind over the last few months:

“Through no activity of your own, but by the sheer and mighty grace of God, you have been enveloped in the triumphant and tender ruler of the cosmos. Therefore: *nothing can touch you that does not touch him.* To get to you, every pain, every assault, every disappointment has to go through him…He himself feels your anguish even more deeply than you do, because you’re one with him; and he mediates everything hard in your life through his love for you, because you’re one with him.”

I pray this finds you well, and wherever you’re at, know that the God of all the cosmos has you right where you are for your good and His glory.