Journal entry by Barbara Bradley — Jan 15, 2013

My morning Bible Devotion is very fitting for today:

Wait with Patience

Many people want change, but they don’t want to go through the waiting process. But the truth is, waiting is a given, we are going to wait. The question is, are we going to wait the wrong or right way? If we wait the wrong way, we’ll be miserable; but if we decide to wait God’s way, we can become patient and actually enjoy the wait.

It takes practice, but as we let God help us in each situation, we develop patience, which is one of the most important Christian virtues. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit. It’s developed only under trial, so we must not run from difficult situations.

As we develop patience, the Bible says we finally feel completely satisfied, lacking nothing. Even our relationship with God involves progressive changes. We learn to trust Him in a deeper way by going through many experiences that require us to wait longer than we’d like.

Trust me, the waiting may be hard, but it will make you stronger. The benefits that patience brings are certainly worth any uncomfortable wait!

All done.

Thank you for all the prayers. The surgeon came out about half and hour ago to let us know they are done. She did great. He removed more of the frontal lobe to make sure everything is disconnected. He did see a “suspicious area” that looked like scar tissue but is where the scans were showing some fibers were still connected. He just removed that whole area to be sure. She has now had more of an anatomical hemispherectomy but not completely. He didn’t want to disrupt any other areas unnecessarily. They finished earlier than we thought and he didn’t even need to put a drain in. We are relieved to be done with this leg of the journey. On to rest and healing.