POST-OP X4days

Home at last....PRAISE JESUS!! DEAR FEAR: BE GONE. NATALIA CAN DO IT, THROUGH CHRIST, WHO GIVES HER THE STRENGTH TO DO IT! Last night, Natalia slept through the night without her nighttime dose of meds! In the morning, we spoke to the pain management team and decided to keep her meds on an "as needed" basis versus around the clock. Physical therapy came by and we were hopeful that this was it...she was ready to conquer the hurdle, and go home! We prayed A LOT, and talked things through with scriptures. Jesus gives us the scriptures to speak to us through our present situation. Natalia started out her therapy session great, she was cheerful, and willing.....but when she got to the edge of the bed....fear showed up. She kept saying that she "can't do it" and she ended up (after 1hr) NOT doing it. The therapist was ready to call it quits, she called the parents out of the room...I stayed with the child life specialist, and looked at her in the eyes and said, "Natalia, if you keep telling yourself you can't, then your brain will take the message and act on that....and you won't. Tell yourself, I CAN do ALL things through Christ Jesus, who gives me the strength to do it...because you CAN. I know you can do this...." She looked up at me and said..."I'm ready." I quickly opened the door and called the therapist back in, and before we knew it, she was standing in front of her bed...saying out loud: I CAN, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN....she used the walker to take baby steps with the non-surgical leg to the wheelchair....and then sat on the wheelchair!!! She did this a few times!! She conquered fear. She jumped over the hurdle. Everyone in the room was silent, with their jaws wide open!! Lol! I'm sooo proud of her! Afterwards, her brother took her for a stroll around the floor! She was ecstatic to be out of her room!! What.A.Victory! She spoke LIFE into her circumstance...she BELIEVED the word of our Lord, Jesus Christ! HER FAITH WAS IN THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST! The word of our Lord accomplished the purpose of which HE sent it! We got our ticket to go home!! We are home at last.....thank you, Jesus, for giving us your word, which is ALIVE and ACTIVE...it sets out to do what it says it will do! It is the sword of the spirit to use in our daily battles.....what an awesome God we serve!! 1 Corinthians 2:5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the POWER of God. Isaiah 55:10-11 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but WILL accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Psalm 115:11 You who fear him, TRUST in the Lord—he is their help and shield. Psalm 46:2 Therefore we will NOT fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.. Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he DELIVERED me from ALL my fears. Psalm 27:3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will NOT fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty POWER. Psalm 66:3 Say to God,“How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your POWER, your enemies shall submit themselves to You.