Dec 21, 2021, from the hospital.
I lay down this afternoon to try to nap. And just like usually happens here in this hospital bed, it gets hard to breathe. It feels like my nasal passages just got restricted. It requires muscle to breathe only through my nose. Just like in the scary asthma attacks of my past. My heart rate jumps. My anxiety kicks in. I WILL myself to take slow steady breaths through my nose, when my mind is screaming to open my mouth and breathe! Breathe fast! Hurry!
But God...
But God spoke to my heart a verse I haven't remembered since a friend wrote it into a song in December 1993 on the Mercy Ship MV Anastasis, when I was away from my family in Senegal at Christmas.
"I will lay down and sleep in peace, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. " Psalm 4:8.
My heart slowed. I kept breathing oxygen. And my saturation came back up. Thank you God.
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