Salty Zebra

This post has been on my heart for a long time. I've tried to write a few update posts lately and I just couldn't finish them. My last post before I go into surgery needs to share with you WHY I have confidence that I am exactly where I should be and that God is putting it all together perfectly.  This is my confidence in Christ: 1 Peter 3:15-16a NLT - Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it. But do this in a gentle and respectful way. My Jesus Anne Wilson Are you past the point of weary? Is your burden weighing heavy? Is it all too much to carry? Let me tell you 'bout my Jesus Matthew 11:28 NLT Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Do you feel that empty feeling? 'Cause shame's done all its stealing Psalms 34:5 NLT Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken

         Have you ever read the story of the Exodus, where God led His people out of slavery in Egypt and brought them to the Promised Land of Canaan?  If you haven't, you can get a high level overview from this video .  In short, the Israelites were freed from slavery and headed out to cross the wilderness of the Sinai peninsula to reach the land that God had promised them.  The distance between these two places was about 700km, or about 430 miles.  Even with the large group they were dealing with they should have been able to reach their destination in just over 40 days, but instead, it took them 40 years!  You see, along the way the people needed to learn some very important lessons.  God knew that the best path for His people wasn't a straight line, but rather a circuitous route like the one pictured above.     Why do I bring this up?  If I'm being entirely honest, there's more than a little of those original Israelites in me too.  God knew far before we did that I

      Last Monday felt surreal. My husband and I kept saying it over and over the whole week.  I was supposed to have been undergoing brain surgery and then spending the week in the hospital, but instead I was home, with no idea what would happen next.  I had been told on Saturday at the Emergency room that I would receive a call from the Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic ( OMFSC) on Monday and they would schedule me to be seen that day or the next. I was also told that the Neurosurgery clinic would contact me sometime this week to reschedule my brain surgery.  I received the OMFSC call before 10 am (the time at which my husband had said he would call if they hadn't) and was given an appointment for Tuesday afternoon. Yes, I asked, and no, they didn't have anything sooner.  More disturbing was the call I got from neuro saying they were looking at early May to reschedule the brain surgery.  That was really difficult to take.  First they tell me that the tumor is in a dangerous s