Prayer in the Morning

In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. Psalm 5:3





The Book of Psalms is one of my favorite books in the Bible. When I feel stressed or overwhelmed, I can go to the Book of Psalms and there is so much praise and glory that I can't help but be uplifted. I have a new goal in my life which is to spend time in prayer each morning when I first get up out of bed. I have always said my prayers in the evening before bed and I think my prayers have become "habit" rather than prayers that show my faith and conviction. Each day now, with Mom at home, is different - much more intense than I've had in a while and I want to dedicate myself to study and prayer to give me the strength necessary to get through each day in a pleasing manner. I'm so thankful to have Mom at home again and know that only through God can she and my family get through this time unscathed.

My prayer life and Bible study are two areas that I have not made a priority - and I want that to change now! My faith is the same - has never wavered, but I guess I've become comfortable and not spent the time with God that I need.

Now, on to Mom! She is doing much better, but I have noticed a pattern to her anxiety attacks. She seems to have the attacks each day between the hours of 2:30 and 6:00 pm. I can't see anything that triggers the attack and she can't pinpoint anything either. Cathy, the Hospice Chaplain came to visit today and I talked to her a little bit about it. She said that some diseases have episodes like that - for no apparent reason. Mom's nurse, Christy, will be back on Thursday and I plan to talk to her about it and see if there is something we can do to help with the anxiety during that time of the day. Maybe just tweak her medication a little more to find out if something else works a little better.

The last couple of days, Mom has really been tired! I got her up at 7:30 this morning to go to the bathroom and take her medicine. She usually decides she's ready to get out of bed about that time in the morning and have breakfast, but today she said she was still tired and wanted to go back to bed. She slept all morning - I finally woke her up at 12:50 pm because Cathy had called and said she was coming to visit. Mom stayed up and visited with Cathy, but when Cathy left about 2:45, Mom laid down on the couch and has been asleep ever since. She was only up once during the night last night, but says she is still very tired! I guess it's just a natural progression.

I put the picture of Mom and China on today because they are new best friends! China follows Mom everywhere she goes and sits right by her feet when she eats (I'm sure it's not because China's discovered that Mom drops a lot of goodies!) China also lays down in front of Mom staring her in the face when she cries! I guess she just can't understand why she's crying. She's not alone - I don't understand it either!

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. --Lamentations 3:22-23