Another update: Barbara is much better, coherent, able to get up and ready to come home. Hopefully tomorrow (Wed) the doctor will release her. Thanks for your prayers.

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Psalm 62: 5 goes on to say, "my hope comes from him."

[Again, this statement is a bit different from verse one ("my salvation comes from him"). Here is the hope, the certainty of receiving what we desire: rest. But we need to go beyond this, to turn from our desire for rest to desiring the One who can grant it.

As it says in Psalm 37:4, "Delight yourself also in the Lord and He will give you the desire of your heart." You, Lord, are to be the focus of our affections; then you can safely give us good things, knowing that they will not become idols.

And as we trust, the power of the Spirit comes into our situation; as we intentionally find our rest in you, Lord; then you pour out all kinds of goodness in our lives.]

We can trust you because you are Elohim, the incredibly powerful and persistently faithful One. You show your power in creation--you are the star Breather, the galaxy Former, the planet Hanger, the earth Spinner, the dawn Bringer. You are great beyond comprehension.

And you are the fully faithful One--you promise and it happens; you plan and it comes to pass, you speak and it comes to be. At the right time you came to be our Savior for eternity; and at the right moment you also save us in our daily lives.

Therefore, in the midst of present uncertainty and disappointments, I choose now to embrace your character as Elohim--the powerful and faithful One--for you know what you are doing as you shape, guide, change and transform my life. I gladly join you