I'm Singing

Hi, Friends,

Round Seven is over! It felt good knowing I did not have to take a pill tonight. It's been a tough week. Last Friday I ended up missing school and went to the doctor instead. I had a sinus infection (am taking penicillin but am doing much better), and that dreaded cough from the year before returned, so the doctor changed the type of inhaler I am using to one that is longer lasting and more preventative. It finally feels like it might be working as I am not coughing quite as often, but still deeply. The end of the meds hit hard with tiredness, pretty bad spots on my thumbs and one of my fingers, bruises appearing out of nowhere, and spots of hair thinning and breaking. So I get a two week break to recover, have a blood test, and find out just what good the medicine is doing with another set of scans. It's hard not to get anxious around this time, wondering about the unknown.

Kari Jobe is a favorite singer of mine. She has the most pure and beautiful voice and can make a song touch your soul. She sings a song called 'I'm Singing", about singing to the God who brings redemption to the nations; the One who wrote the book on our salvation; who covers us in grace. I'm singing praise to the One who wrote the lines of my life. I'm singing about things like a husband who has stood by me through more than he ever thought he would have to this past year. I'm sure he would like to not hear anything about cancer for a day or two from me or anyone else. But, nonetheless, he hears about it daily in some form or reminder or so. When I woke him up just 15 minutes before the alarm was to go off this morning, and asked him to pray for the muscles in my abdomen that were spasming from the coughing, he rolled over, put his hands on me, and began praying to the One we know listens to the cries of our hearts. And as he prayed, I began to relax and felt the pain slowly begin to slip from my body. There are many times in our lives that we feel far from being in the singing mood. Perhaps those are the times we most need to find reasons to sing. What are you singing about today? I'm sure there is something that you can find to sing praises about to the One who has done so much for you.

Sing!
Danene
September 3, 2009