Hello, dear blog readers. Well, for the last two weeks, the poor baby (and mama) has had a cold/cough that just won't seem to quit. Apparently it's traveling around much of the congregation. Every night we have one-four hours of crying. Every night in rocking and calming the baby, I read Psalm 23 out loud to help calm him.
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil,
My cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life,
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
I have to say: even if it doesn't help the baby to calm down, it helps ME to calm down. There is no such thing as a perfect life on this earth, and no such thing as no suffering on this earth. One day, however, that will not be the case.
Happy Saturday, dear blog readers!
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The life and times of a nurse, her husband, their tiny children, and their every-day adventures.
A Life Defined
A neonatal ICU-loving RN; a messy "home chef" in the making; a wanna-be gardener; a reader of good historical fiction; a lover of good gourmet food; someone whose spouse makes her laugh every day; a novice quilter; a woman who regularly gets her oil changed; a procrastinator of getting the mail; an envier of gingerbread-house-makers; a rusty pianist; an insomniac who cooks and does laundry when she can't sleep; an officianado of sleeping late ("jet lag" is routine when you work nights); a longing traveller who hopes to be able to see more of the world someday; a person who wishes she could draw or paint and will maybe take lessons someday; a singer/dancer when the blinds are drawn and no one is home while doing household chores; but mostly just a normal human being in need of God's grace everyday.
1 comment:
Little Blake almost has ps 100 memorized. The Word of god does not go out "void" or without effect. Ond day, he won't cry anymore and you will remember with fondness when you rocked him to sleep.
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