Hang up and Sigh

Sometimes our lives are interrupted by painful experiences and we have to sit back and reflect... then our quiet moments become interrupted with annoying phone calls...And what's worse, phone calls from a recorded voice, saying:" Hi this is John, calling to other you a free digital TV system!"

Telemarketers. They always seem to call at the wrong moments, and it is never the right moment. This is what happened moments ago, when I had just logged in on this blog to share with you a prayer request, or rather, just to relate what has been going on lately, which is kind of a prayer request too. And the phone ringing, the proverbial phone ringing, made me think that maybe someone was calling to ask us how we’re doing, or to give us updates about Grandma at the hospital.

I just hang up and sigh. Telemarketers, particularly Telemarketer Voice Recordings, do not seem to understand how rough life can be, and although they take out the time to call several times a day, they do call to hear troubles or offer words of encouragement. They just keep talking, and… offer great deals on... Satellite Television.

Grandma at the Hospital:

So here is what has been going on. My Grandma Fleta had serious heart surgery on Friday. Part of the risk of the surgery is that she had to go off important medications, leaving her at high risk for seizures and stroke. Knowing full well that she might die soon, I called my Grandma a couple of days before the operation to “Tell her goodbye” just in case something should happen. I told my Grandma that I love her very much.

Since Friday, it seems that she has had both seizures and stroke. Today I understand that doctors are going to do a scan on her brain to try and access just how bad the damage is, but since Saturday’s apparent stroke, she is depending on a machine to breath for her, and she does not seem to be aware of what’s going on , … when her eyes are open, they show no recognition. So I do not know what will happen, but I am fairly certain that she will not be with us much longer.

Is this a prayer request? I don’t know. A person can’t live forever, and in a lot of ways I think that it will be easier once she is gone. I would rather that she die peacefully than live miserably, … let’s put it this way; even if she should live a while longer and recover somewhat from the stroke, she will probably not be able to feed herself…That would be rough.

So what am I asking prayer for? Pray that God will be glorified in everything, and that HIS will be done. And that with Grandma's coming death, as hard as it will be in a lot of ways, that we might grow closer as a family, and that relationships might somehow be in a better place than they were before. I say “Pray for God’s will” ultimately, realizing that maybe God doesn’t want everything fixed immediately, and that HE knows what is best. May there be reconciliation of some kind, in GOD’S timing. In everything that happens, may GOD be glorified. AMEN.