Team Watson: Freedom and today's appointment

Thursday was a relaxed day, allowing Amanda to rest up prior to our afternoon which started with her lesson at ROCK on Freedom. She had a great riding lesson, getting to ride without a lead rope and a horse handler and also trotting. She even posted while she was trotting and did really well! That evening, we worked the first shift at the Fall Festival at Crestview and the kids made the rounds, enjoying all the festivities.

Today we went to Dell for her weekly labs, and it was a long morning. We left right after dropping Brandon off for school and arrived early. We arrived at 8:40, and her appointment wasn't until 9:30. We seem to be really good at getting there early! Once we were in the office, they got us back on time, but as 10:00 came and went with no sign of anyone on our team, we started to wonder if they were even expecting us! Finally, we heard our nurse and as she came in, she explained that our appointment with Dr. Harrod wasn't until 1:00 and that they had all been over at the hospital. Obviously there was some type of miscommunication when we made the appointment, but at that point, there wasn't much we could do about it. Despite the confusion, labs were finally drawn and we started her transfusion. When it was all said and done, we didn't see our doctor today, but with everything going well, that was okay.

This week, her numbers are the highest they have ever been during the third week of a cycle. Wahoo! With the fatigue we have seen this week, I really expected her platelets to be low, but they were high, so I was pleasantly surprised. Even though she was anxious throughout the appointment, all in all everything went smoothly.

After the labs today, all expectations are we will begin cycle five next Thursday.

This was sent to me by a dear friend this morning. She had no way of knowing just how much I needed to read this today, but I shouldn't be surprised! God's timing is always perfect.

November 1, 2013

God's Complete Control

by Charles R. Swindoll

God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change

And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

Though its waters roar and foam,

Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah. . . .

The LORD of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. . . .

"Cease striving and know that I am God."

—Psalm 46:1–3, 7, 10

Quiet our hearts, dear Father, and in so doing, remind us that You are sovereign—not almost sovereign but altogether sovereign. Nothing occurs in our lives that has not been masterfully planned and put together by You, our eternal God. Help us to enter into the truth of Psalm 46:10 personally and consistently. May that result in being still, enabling us to discover that You are God. As we cast our cares upon You, knowing You care for us, release our stress.

We entrust our concerns to You today . . . large and small, new and nagging. We long to experience peace-filled living by stepping off this treadmill called pressurized living. We pray that Your mighty presence would take the place of the stress, the demands, the struggles, the mess we've created. We ask that You would give us Your shalom—Your peace—like we've never known it before. We deliberately choose to trust You and to rest in You.

In the name of Jesus. Amen.

See also Psalm 34:4; Proverbs 16:3; Jeremiah 17:7; Philippians 4:19

Nothing occurs in our lives that has not been masterfully planned by our God. —Chuck Swindoll