Sunday, November 02, 2008

Joe's home now

On Saturday, Joe pleaded with the doctors to let him come home. The surgeon said that he was okay with that as long as his fever didn't come back and he didn't get any sicker. Joe is recovering from a nasty abdominal infection. He's on some bigger gun oral antibiotics and is resting as much as he can.

This journey.....God is moving so deeply in this home. As both of us willingly confess together that we are open to the refining process....God wastes no time. He uses everything for His purpose. I am so amazed at WHAT He uses!!!!

Everything from the hospital God chose to put him in, to Joe's physical weakness. Every one I run into, every thought that enters my mind. He uses it all. Or at least He wants to, if I let him.
There's been even more breakthrough in our marriage through all of this. I have about 40 pages of loose leaf journaling since the middle of September! When God rebuilds something, he doesn't just stand around and sip coffee....He works day in and day out....through the night and in our dreams. He never slumbers and never sleeps. He is 100 % dependable is the God of wholeness.....

You know, when God brings two people together and makes them one flesh, they go together like a lock and key. I know sometimes i've said, "I could NEVER be married to that person! " or "How could that person be married to him!" Well, it's simple. When God makes one flesh from two people, only those two people are anointed to be together and stay together. No matter how hard marriage can be, you just can't separate what God made one.....

5 comments:

Dianna said...

Happy belated Birthday Sarah dear. Also glad for you that Joe is home from the hospital. Hope things look much happier for you now. It's a long healing process from now I'll be praying for you as I too am in still in recovery mode.

Madame Angela Baggett said...

yeah. Glad he's home. May the recovery go well. And yes, happy b'day. Way to go with the fight for your marriage and love together. A friend told me that we (undivorced couples) are now in the minority. It made me really sad. Yeah it's hard, but some things are just worth the fight- relationships being at the very top of the list.

Princess Warrior said...

So glad to hear:)

Nin said...

I really love the last paragraph. It brings new meaning and depth to that scripture.
Love you.

Anonymous said...

sorry i havent visited in a while. im still thinking and praying for you and the family lots.

i love you

p.s. you look so beautiful and peaceful in that pic of you, faith and isaiah... at west ed. ...


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