Thursday, January 20, 2011  What Scripture Passage Helped You
Through A Rough Time?  Yesterday, I chatted with another
Carmelite Mom whose darling baby Joey is a fellow "Dr. Bear Kid"
(read National Children's Hospital Patient) with Baby Tess. Kate
told me that she had a post in mind to write about the Scripture
passages that came to mind to help her during Joey's many, many
heart surgeries. (Can't wait to read it, Kate!)  Then I just
read Danya's wonderful comment about how a specific Scripture
passage helped her trust during the difficult days of an
adoption procedure.  Same thing happened to me many times during
Tessy's illness!  So my basic question for all of you readers is
this.  We know that Jesus is the WORD of God. What if he
manifests himself to us in times of trouble as a specific
Scripture passage? In other words, in time of doubt I could
picture Jesus giving me a warm hug when I close my eyes to pray
in the surgery waiting room of Children's Hospital. If I'm also
open to the Holy Spirit, however,