Peace

So, Ben's P.E.T. scan is scheduled for Thursday.  It's such a long, boring process.  We go to the Imaging Center, sit and wait, Ben gets an IV, we sit and wait, Ben is injected with radioactive material, we sit and wait, and then the scan takes 5 minutes.

It's interesting how much technology helps with our lives and health.  The machines that make you freak out, often give doctors the best guidance for paving the road to continued life and health.  

Last Sunday we did not make it to church.  I pulled a muscle badly in my neck, and Ben didn't feel worth a hoot, so I was at my "not up to talking to people" moment.  But, the previous week when I was at church, I was busy crying to God (yet again) and I had a very calming experience.

As we stood and sang a song -- I don't recall which one -- I felt peace wash over me.  It felt like it dropped over me from head to toe, until my breathing became calm and even, and my teary eyes felt clear.  I can't explain it.  But I'm so glad that the LORD of all creation took a moment to wash me with His peace.  

His peace is amazing, and I could probably recount so many times in my life when I was in a state of emotional frenzy that His peace rolled over me.  

So, in advance of this P.E.T. scan, I am at peace.  It's a scan.  It's supposed to help us take the next step in this journey of recovery.  God gave me His peace, so I'm going to take His peace with me into the center Thursday.

Now to build up the courage for my own scan -- a mammogram.  Ick.

No flashback tonight.  I spent most of the day at the local college with one of my older children, so I'm whipped.  I pray God's blessings on those of you reading my blog. :)  He loves you! 

John 14:27 (NASB)
²⁷ Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

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