Transfusion

July 11 marked our 6th wedding anniversary. My wife came out of the bathroom looking absolutely stunning and slowly walked out to the car for our evening out on the town. We drove into downtown Bend and found a really cool city festival going on with live music and everything. Normally we would park and head out to enjoy such an opportunity but this time there was a moment of hesitation. Deciding to just go for it I got out of the car and opened the trunk to get out a wheelchair for my wife. She slowly climbed out of the car and into the chair. A week ago Keri's blood count got so low that she needed two units of blood to get back into the normal range. It makes me angry to have to sit and watch my wife go through a scary medical procedure and not be able to help in any way. But there seems to be lesson after lesson in this situation. I think that one of the biggest things that I have learned is that I need to find a reason to celebrate every day that I am given. There are so many things that can happen to us at any given moment. God has been revealing to me the power of living in each and every moment. There are moments of great sorrow and moments of overwhelming joy. We can't live life afraid of what might happen tomorrow. Sorrow or Joy God is with us through it all and I need to find peace with that. My prayer is that God would transfuse me with His peace and that moment to moment I will rest in that.