Grace Unfolding - Part Four

     8:00 a.m. appointment with surgeon had us leaving our hotel early in the morning. Beautiful sunrise. Not an hour into the appointment and we knew that our worst fears had been confirmed. Instead of being fearful as we had been before, we had a quiet acceptance of things to come. Our strength had been tested and won twice! We were familiar with this. All of it. This time instead of praying we laid everything in His hands. Not just me this time but my husband as well. We made faith an action word, instead of proclaiming that we had faith. Rather then returning home after the appointment as we had planned, my husband was admitted to the ICU during his appointment. A not too often occurrence. We had quite a few jaws drop as we walked into the ICU ward to check in at the nurses station. One doesn't typically walk into the ICU ward. My husband would be prepped for a lumbar drain surgery that would happen that afternoon to determine a course of treatment. After checking into the ICU and being assigned a bed we learned that the nurse assigned to my husband was mastering in pain management and had done extensive studying on pain receptors. My husband has a high pain tolerance, there by lacking the normal amount of pain receptors and resulting in a very difficult time in getting the point across to his care givers with how his pain progresses from tolerable to exploding in moments. This nurse was our blessing. Grace unfolding. By the first days end, the eyes of my heart began to see this grace. To recognize it. After this first day, grace was everywhere and I could see it. Then is when the change of my heart happened and I went from striving to be a woman of grace to being a grace filled woman. Not by any doing of my own but by the simple opening of my hearts eyes and Him.