From the Fourth Floor VI

Shower. Coffee. Muffin. Lamentations 3:22-24.

"The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him."

I know this verse gets used a lot, but seriously, isn't it obvious why? This short passage is overflowing with life-giving promises, hope, comfort, strength! I looove this passage! And while I don't necessarily have a specific list of all these "new mercies" or "compassions" as the NAS says for this morning, I do have a tangible sense of God's grace being extended to me this morning. I am encouraged this morning and feel refreshed. I have a renewed confidence in God's goodness and love towards us, even if that means that Judah will need to stay an extra day. That's not to say that I won't be disappointed if that happens, but I do feel better equipped to handle that situation today should it arise.

I had 2 pick-me-ups last night just when I needed them. They're totally not in the same league as each other, but they both did my heart good. I was able to get my hands on some chocolate milk - anybody else find chocolate milk to be completely therapeutic?? - and I got a little smile out of Judah last night! Just one, but what a beautiful little smile it was! Judah had a great night, sleeping soundly until just after 5 this morning. I crawled into bed with him at that point, and we both slept until almost 7. Huge answer to prayer! This morning Judah is going down for an abdominal x-ray just to be thorough. His blood work came back normal. He's also getting that awful gauze pack off sometime this morning! Get this, the care partner (like a nursing assistant) just came in to take him off the monitors - yay - and he smiled at her:) So, we've got a good start to the day!

Please pray for my other sweet kiddos today. They're missing Mommy & Judah. They get to play with Miss Mary & her boys at our house this morning while Daddy goes to the office for awhile, so I'm hoping they have a good time and are good! Thanks so much, Mary! You're friendship is such a blessing to us:)