Country Chatter

So much is happening and happening at an amazing rate of speed. I started a blog post and didn’t get it finished and now I have to start over.

This week I started coming home for the night because I felt like I could. He wasn’t needing me for anything during the night that pushing the red call button on his remote wouldn;t take care of. For days he couldn’t push the call button, hold a cup to drink or use the cell phone. That really started changing this week.

Tuesday afternoon our Pastor and a friend came in and prayed over him and anointed him with oil. That is a scriptural teaching from James 5:14-15.

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 

In the sermon on the mount, Jesus said, “Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be open to you.” (Matthew 7:7) Jesus wants us to petition him. He is ready and wanting to help. It is important to acknowledge our need of his healing care.

Wednesday morning I called to check on him and he answered his cell phone. His voice sounded so much better-almost like normal. He said he felt so much better. It was a change he could see and feel. I heard hope and a lift in his spirit. All I could say was thank-you Jesus. Thank you for your healing touch. A little later he called me which means he could figure out how to make a call and get it to work! He was sitting in a chair which is a part of his therapy.

He did therapy well and when I went in after lunch I stopped at the nurses station to ask how he was doing. They were bubbling with excitement over the change, they could hardly believe it. I told them that he had been anointed the evening before and Jesus was healing him.

This morning (Thursday) I called in first thing and he said he had rough night. He said he tried to escape in the middle of the night. He got his feet and clothes all tangle up together, got confused, and I am not sure what all transpired, but they finally got him settled down and everything worked out. Apparently his “get out of jail” card didn’t work!!!

Today is evaluation day with doctors and nurses and then they will meet with us at 2 to give us an update on his progress, a targeted discharge date, and what to expect when he comes home. He is so wanting to come home but several goals have to be met first. I am ready to be done with the hospital also but want him to be physically ready for me to care for him.

Right now I am praising God for his healing and the change that has happened. I feel like we are on a good path right now.