Monday, July 25, 11:15 pm

The nurse said I could come in now. She said that the x-ray did't show anything as to why Mom had gone into cardio arrest this evening, so another test they are planning to do tomorrow might help shed some light on it.

So I went in and said hi to Mom. These new meds don't let her respond the way she had been earlier. But I told her the things I was just writing and shared with her what I was praying for her in light of the feelings of isolation and frustration she may be feeling for not being able to communicate. Then I recapped for her how long she's been here and the plans for tomorrow and how I was planning to use some of her down time tomorrow when the doctors were not busy with her to begin quietly reading through the Psalms with her ... Mom taught me the concept of praying the Scriptures and I told her that as I read the Psalms quietly to her, that she could use them as comfort for herself or launching pads for her own prayers ...

Then my most favorite bible passage came to mind ... Isaiah 54 ... and I asked her if I could read it to her from the Bible in my pocket (on my phone) ... and since she did't say no, I told her that I took that to mean yes :) Here's what I read to her (God is speaking to Israel ... and it applies perfectly to all who repent and believe the good news of Jesus):

“Fear not, for you will not be put to shame; And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; But you will forget the shame of your youth, And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. “For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the LORD of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth. “For the LORD has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” Says your God. “For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great compassion I will gather you. “In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,” Says the LORD your Redeemer. “For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor will I rebuke you. “For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says the LORD who has compassion on you. “O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, Behold, I will set your stones in antimony [white healing powder], And your foundations I will lay in sapphires. “Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies, And your gates of crystal, And your entire wall of precious stones. “All your sons will be taught of the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great. “In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you. “If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me. Whoever assails you will fall because of you. “Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals And brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to ruin. “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.