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Posted 2021-10-23T02:16:53Z

Singing

I apologize if this post is a little “fuzzy” as I am still feeling the effects of anesthesia. Many of you know I have a metabolic issue that causes me to ultra rapidly process a lot of medications but having to balance that with my history of anesthesia complications. The anesthesiologist said he typically uses 1/2 to 1 bottle of medication to induce sleep. I required 4 bottles. So, a little hungover but wanted to get a post out to update from the day.[...]

Posted 2021-10-22T02:43:20Z

Count Your Many Blessings

I was hoping the next post from the Brooks’ household would be from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix in November the day before my big surgery to fix the tear in my abdominal wall. Just to ask for your prayers for Steve and me as we head into this surgery. Sometimes (actually many times) our plans are not God’s plans. Saturday I noticed that the feeding formula was draining into my gastric bag from my stomach. Not what i wanted to see. This would mean the surgery at Mayo to clip the feeding tube to the intestinal wall had failed. My connective tissue disease had allowed for the clips to tear through. I’ve always said i would be transparent in these posts because we all have trials and we can learn from each other if we are honest. My honesty - I cried; no, I sobbed. I just need a break. As i prayed, God put a song on my heart that I haven’t heard in ages. “Count Your Blessings”. “Count Your Blessings”is a very amazing hymn, with each verse beginning with a challenge and ending with the fact that no matter what happens, if we count our blessings, we’ll be “surprised”,”singing”, “rewarded”, and “comforted.” The chorus also repeats the same phrase twice with a different melody and adds the word “many” before the word “blessings” the second time. The repetition of counting our “many”blessings is a great reminder to always return thanks unto God for whatsoever things we receive in according to his will for us, his children whom he loves without condition.[...]