08 January 2009

Verse for 2009

Well, it is that time of year again.... the beginning. Every year I try to come up with a verse that will kind of be my go to verse in times of hardship or trouble thoughout the year. I have had a variety of verses throughout the years, and I have finally chosen my 2009 verse for the year so I thought I would share it with you.
This particular verse comes with a story.

About six months ago I watched Essy for a weekend while her parents got a break from life and went on a mini-vacation. Essy is a very complicated kid to take care of, and her bedtime rutine is tedious to say the least. Let me explain. You first begin with the brushing of the teeth and going potty, no problems there. After this has gone on, you have to switch Essy over from oxygen onto her vent, get her in bed, put her SAT machine on, her feed machine, and get her all set for bed. Her SAT machine is the hardest and generally takes about 10 tries of placing the monitor on her foot at all differant angles trying to get a signal.
Anyway, to make a long story short, this particular night was a nightmare. I got Essy all set up, in bed, got her SAT machine to work, the whole shebang. This was at about 10:00. At 10:10 her vent alarm started going off saying something was disconnected. So, Essy woke back up and wated to help... I wanted her to go to sleep. So i checked all connections and decided it was a false alarm and put essy back to sleep. 10:20 her vent went off again.... disconnection. I again checked all connections tried turning it off and on, tried everything. 10:21 - Vent goes off, 10:22 vent goes off. At this point I decided to just bite the bullet and call Essy's mom Scarlette and see if she had any ideas. She said it sounded like I just needed to replace the whole circuit.... all the tubes, wires, etc. So, at about 10:30 I put Essy back on oxygen and started to replace the whole circuit.. meanwhile trying to keep Essy in bed and calm.
10:50 I finished replacing everythind put Essy back on her vent and put her back to bed. No aparant problems.
11:00 Essy is asleep, but is woken up by the alarm on her SAT machine going off. I return to the bedroom and try for the next 15 or so minutes to reset the SAT machine, place it differantly on her foot, but in my anger I decided to just turn it off. Her SATs had been normal, and if a major abnormality occured it should also show on the vent. Besides I checked on her frequently throughout the night. While in the room for the SAT machine, I turned on Essy's feed machine, which needed to begin around 11.
11:15 Essy is again woken up by the alarm on her feed machine going off. In my frustration and distraction I had turned on the machine but forgot to unclamp it to let the food flow into her tummy. I got it all sorted about and put essy back to bed, for the last time at around 11:30. At this time I was so flustered and tired that I went into the livingroom and began to read by Bible. I was still nervous about how the night would go, and also about not getting the SAT machine to work. I didnt know what to read, so i merely opened up my Bible and read the first verse that caught my eyes, and this is what it said...

Psalms 4:8
"I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety."

I think you can probobly guess what my feelings were as I read that verse.

I know that in 2009 there will be times when I feel a void of peace, times when I feel unsafe, or when I feel burdened and it will be good for me to look back at this verse and know that the Lord provides safety for me, that He is where I can find my peace.

1 comment:

Liz said...

Great verse, Anna. I remember thinking about that verse when we lived at Muruu and I was nervous about things like snakes and scorpions. Sleep and peace go hand in hand, don't they. I love you!