I'm doing a Beth Moore Bible study right now on the Patriarcs.Specifically, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Esau, Joseph, Isaac, . . . You know, the men of Genesis. :)
It has been a great study and also somewhat timely.
A couple of weeks back, I was reading the story about Abraham and Isaac.  You know the one.  God tells Abraham to take Isaac and sacrifice him to the Lord and Abraham prepares to obey.  Without hesitation.  At the last minute, God provides a ram for the sacrifice and Isaac is spared.  But Abraham had been willing to be obedient, even with his most prized son!
I read that and it is hard for me to consider being able to do the same.  In the abstract.
And then it's almost "tomorrow" and I realize that in some small ways, I've given up Seth to the Lord repeatedly since his birth.
Seth has been under general anesthesia three times and under sedation twice in three short years.  Each time, there is a part of me that wants to hide and pretend it's not happening -- particularly for the eye surgeries.  And yet each time, I am able to pray and give Seth to God, knowing that the God of the Universe will watch over him when he receives anesthesia, during the surgery, and while in recovery.  I trust that God's plan (while not revealed to me) is better.  Or I try to trust....
So this morning, while I am feeling a bit teary (afraid) about another surgery tomorrow, I am reminding myself that God asks me to trust HIM with my son -- HIS child.  And I am comforted.
Lord, I lift up Seth to You because he is Yours.  I pray that the doctors would be wise and the surgeon meticulous.  Lord, I pray protection over Seth from head to toe and I pray that Dr. Yoon would nail this surgery the first time.  Once and for all.  I trust You.  In Jesus' name.
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