It's been a rough couple of days. Annie's been nauseated and not feeling well since Monday. I had the (stupid) idea to give her an omega-3 fish oil thing, which I think triggered this nausea episode, which required us to give her more Addison's medicine (hydrocortisone), which I think makes her more nauseated and causes her blood pressure to go up. Please pray that she gets out of this nausea-throwing up cycle, that her medicines settle down again, and that her blood pressure go down.

Gretchen mentioned in her last post that she can only imagine how bone weary I get sometimes. This week has been one of those times. It's interesting, though, that God gave me some encouragement Sunday night that has carried me through this week.

I was driving down the road on my way to pick David up from the gym, when I heard a radio show host talking about how Jesus got up early in the morning to spend time in prayer. Then the host asked, "When do you have a quiet time--early morning, late at night, driving to work?" etc., etc. I thought about how Bill & I read the Bible and pray together (briefly) in the morning, and that I pray (briefly) before my head hits the pillow at night. I began asking God to help me spend more time in concentrated, focused prayer, and since the radio station had some commercial on it, I changed the channel to the classical station and then turned it down low so I could hear myself think. Or pray. Anyway--my ramblings to God were interrupted by the familiar music I heard from the classical station: "...His yoke, is easy, and His burthen is light." Handel's Messiah in July? I turned up the volume: "His yoke, is easy, His yoke, is easy, His yoke, is easy--and His burthen is light."

I got the clear impression that God was telling me to forget the works-based guilt about the quality of my quiet times, and just rest in Him. Then it was kind of hard to see the road after that. When I got home, I looked up the Bible verse that Handel wrote his music to in 1742:

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

Jean