When I heard a while back from E-Mom at Chrysalis that the topic for Marriage Monday was going to be open, I thought to myself, "that should be pretty easy", and I shoved it into the proper folder in the filing cabinet of my brain. Since I have so many things that I would like to write about but haven't yet, I knew that I would never be lacking on writing material for the post today.
On June 30th, my doctor told me that I would need to have a laparascopy (surgery using a laparascope, instead of a regular incision) for the severe problems that I was having with what she believed to be endometriosis. Subsequently, the surgery was scheduled and the big day was this past Friday. Up until Friday, I had only had very minor procedures in the past (for kidney stones) and never anything that required full "knock you out" anesthesia, much less anything that required burning things out of my abdomen. I had managed to keep everyone around me relatively calm about the whole thing and I even think I had convinced myself that I was "calm" about the procedure as well.....UNTIL FRIDAY! Unbeknownst to those around me, I was a BASKET CASE on the inside when I woke up at 5:00AM Friday morning. Every possible (and grossly misguided) thought that I could possibly have entered my head in a simultaneous flood the minute my eyes opened and the "light switch" in my brain turned on. "What would my husband do without me? What would happen to my family? What if I was the million and one that became a vegetable after having some weird adverse reaction to anesthesia? What would they bury me in?"
I'M NOT KIDDING.....all of these thoughts ran through my mind and then some. I was about to have someone chemically"turn off my lights" and then someone else was going to put a camera in my abdomen and then use another instrument to burn out what shouldn't be there. What was I thinking?
Well, as I was lying on the "not so plush" gurney in the outpatient surgery holding area trying to calm myself down without anyone knowing that I was upset, I couldn't help but notice the look on Rob's face. It wasn't a look that I had seen on him before. He was very solemn and serious but overwhelmingly "nervous looking". It was just a couple of minutes before they were about to come and take me back. Those big brown eyes looked up at me with even bigger tears in them said, "let me pray for you before you go back". Now, I know that Rob and I both have extremely regular habits of praying for each other, but it was something about "that" prayer. The moment he uttered those shaky and tearful words, the most incredible peace just washed over my whole entire mind, body and soul. I cannot even put it into adequate words. Up until that point, I had not had any drugs, so I assure you, this was not a Versed (Midazolam) induced peace. This was nothing more and nothing less than the Holy Spirit Himself. It was not even measurable in time. It was less than a nanosecond--and total peace.
Please do not think for one minute that it was my husband, the human being, that was the "deliverer" of the peace. IT WAS MY HUSBAND'S OBEDIENCE AND SENSITIVITY to the Holy Spirit that ALLOWED the Holy Spirit to do the work that He set out to do in bringing me peace before the surgery. If Rob had not have been obedient, then I would most likely still have been very unsettled. I would have probably also been hounded by the Enemy for days, weeks, months and maybe years afterward as to why my husband had not prayed for me. "He's a Christian, right? He's supposed to love you, right"? Can't you just hear the taunts of the Enemy? He would have loved nothing better than for Rob to have been disobedient to the Lord. He would have relished in the disobedient believer's failure to pray. I'm sure that he had a laundry list already made out of all of the torturous things that he wanted to taunt both Rob and I with for forever and a day. BUT OUR GOD IS VICTORIOUS over the pitiful attempts of the Enemy!
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"And WHATEVER things you ask in prayer, believing, you WILL RECEIVE." Matthew 21:22
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"Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:36
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"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to my Father." John 14:12
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"Now this is the CONFIDENCE that we have IN HIM, that if we ask anything according to His will, HE HEARS US." 1 John 5:14
I could go on forever....the Lord's promises are true. The Lord's promises are Holy and they are just. They are our ever present help in time of need. Thanks be to God for a praying husband. Praise be to God for his obedience to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. The Enemy is vanquished!
I pray that this will be a reminder to me and to those reading that we should be obedient to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. If you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus but would like to know about one, just click here to see if you are ready. He is ready and waiting for you, are you ready for Him?
Thank you SO MUCH for coming to check out Marriage Monday and thanks SO MUCH to E-Mom and Chrysalis for being our HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST!!! We love you E-Mom!
PLEASE COME BACK TOMORROW TO A PAIR OF BARTLETTS! Tomorrow will be the inaugural post of "Bee My Guest". Tomorrow, I will be welcoming a guest author, my friend, Elizabeth "Beth" White and you will NOT be sorry for stopping by! There will also be a great GIVEAWAY!! If you want to be a part of "Bee My Guest", then please make sure and stop by each Tuesday in August for a VERY special treat and very special giveaways! Just leave an encouraging comment for my guest authors on the comment page and you will be entered in the giveaway for that day! I hope and pray that you will come "Bee My Guest!" See you tomorrow!
